"Our knowledge is a little island in a……" — Isaac Bashevis Singer

"Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge."

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

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95 Quotes by Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Whenever I'm in trouble, I pray. And because I'm in trouble all of the time, I pray almost constantly.
Even in the worm that crawls in the earth there glows a divine spark. When you slaughter a creature, you…
We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their…
As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony…
We must believe in free will, we have no choice.
There is a quiet humor in Yiddish and a gratitude for every day of life, every crumb of success, each…
God is a writer and we are both the heroes and the readers.
Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about critics.
There is no death. How can there be death if everything is part of the Godhead? The soul never dies…
What nature creates has eternity in it.
When we're trying to decide whether a leader is a good leader or a bad one, the question to ask…

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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter. — Sai Baba
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. — Ansel Adams
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. — Matsuo Basho
Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive… — Saint Basil
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. — Charles Baudelaire
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. — Saul Bellow
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. — Yogi Berra
United we stand, divided we fall. — Aesop
Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. — Thomas Browne

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