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Type: Author Quotes Category: Quotes Year of Birth: 1860 Year of Death: 1951 Nationality: Lithuanian Find on Amazon: Abraham Cahan Related Authors: Henry David Thoreau Mark Twain Samuel Johnson Victor Hugo George Eliot George Orwell Gertrude Stein Henry Miller |
Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.
Abraham Cahan Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger. Abraham Cahan God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box. Abraham Cahan I was a great dreamer of day dreams. Abraham Cahan If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken legs. Abraham Cahan If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race. Abraham Cahan If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it. Abraham Cahan If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting. Abraham Cahan Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be. Abraham Cahan Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth. Abraham Cahan Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act. Abraham Cahan The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once. Abraham Cahan The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life. Abraham Cahan What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter. Abraham Cahan What is wealth? A dream of fools. Abraham Cahan You must never tire fighting Satan. Abraham Cahan |
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