12 Quotes by Abraham Cahan
- You must never tire fighting Satan.
- What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
- 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.
- Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
- Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.
- If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
- 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.
- I was a great dreamer of day dreams.
- Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.
- 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.
- What is wealth? A dream of fools.
- If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.
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