All Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes
- In many ways, astrology, numerology and palmistry are corruptions of the occult because they have attempted to make a practice out of something that is… Astrology
- From borrowing one gets poorer and from work one gets richer. Borrowing
- If we have people with the power to tell a story, there will always be readers. Inspirational
- No matter how much you know a human being, you don't know him enough. Him
- But my gloom did not lessen. I knew that I'd had a bad dream, and I stood in the dark trying to recollect it. The… Bad
- A story to me must have some surprise...I must have a passion to write the story. Me
- We are all God's creatures-that we pray to God for mercy and justice while we continue to eat the flesh of animals that are slaughtered… Account
- Various philosophers and religious leaders tried to convince their disciples and followers that animals are nothing more than machines without a soul, without feelings. However,… Animal
- There is a plan to this universe. There is a high intelligence, maybe even a purpose, but it's given to us on the installment plan. Given
- In relation to them (animals), all people are Nazis for the animals, it is an eternal Treblinka. All
- What happened was no accident. Everything was preordained. True, the will was free, but heaven also made its ordinances. Accident
- Shoulders are from God and burdens too. Burden
- All is foreseen but the choice is given. All
- Whatever doesn't really happen is dreamed at night. It happens to one if it doesn't happen to another, tomorrow if not today, or a century… Another Tomorrow
- One has to trust that God knows how to manage the world. God
- All that God does is for the good. All
- In God's mill even chaff becomes flour. Becomes
- It is a general rule that when the grain of truth cannot be found, men will swallow great helpings of falsehood. Falsehood
- It is written, better to be a fool all your days than for one hour to be evil. You are not a fool. They are… All
- Each soul must accomplish its task, or it would not have been sent here. Accomplish
- Man is a disgusting thing. If you beat him he starts to scream, but if it is the other one who is beaten, then he… Beat
- How can we speak of right and justice if we take an innocent creature and shed its blood? How can we pray to God for… Blood
- Writing has power, but its power has no vector. Writers can stir the mind, but they can't direct it. Time changes things, God changes things,… Change
- I get up every morning with a desire to do some creative work. This desire is made of the same stuff as the sexual desire,… Any
- Sometimes you have the feeling that some little imp is standing behind you and dictating to you, but he gives it to you slowly, drop… Behind