“That is the fantastic intolerable paradox of my life, that I have gone questing for what I possessed initially -- a belief to invest my days with dignity and meaning, a pattern of behavior through which man might most articulately… — Milton Steinberg Copy Share Image
“Do you remember, Meir, that epigram quoted in the name of Rabbi Johanan ben Zaccai: 'There is no truth unless there be a faith… — Milton Steinberg Copy Share Image
ANTI-ZIONISTS, last of all, exhibit a distaste for certain words. It was Thomas Hobbes who, anticipating semantics, pointed out that words are counters, not… — Milton Steinberg Copy Share Image
One wears one's mind out in study, and yet has more mind with which to study. One gives away one's heart in love and… — Milton Steinberg Copy Share Image
Jewish nationalism means no more than recognition of the peoplehood of Israel, and of the propriety of that people's being a religio-cultural group in… — Milton Steinberg Copy Share Image
“Stop," she shrieked, "stop trying to make it easier." "But we do not love each other. We never have..." "You mean," she screamed, "you… — Milton Steinberg Copy Share Image
The believer in God has to account for the existence of unjust suffering; the atheist has to account for everything else. — Milton Steinberg Copy Share Image
“Then there were so many things to be said that they did not speak of any of them.” — Milton Steinberg Copy Share Image
“That is the fantastic intolerable paradox of my life, that I have gone questing for what I possessed initially -- a belief to invest… — Milton Steinberg Copy Share Image
“Does man not face life with a greater assurance is he believes that a benevolent providence foresees the future? And yet he must at… — Milton Steinberg Copy Share Image
