"We are all God's creatures-that we pray to……" — Isaac Bashevis Singer
"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 on our account is not consistent."
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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.
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Even in the worm that crawls in the earth there glows a divine spark. When you slaughter a creature, you…
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We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
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As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their…
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As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony…
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We must believe in free will, we have no choice.
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There is a quiet humor in Yiddish and a gratitude for every day of life, every crumb of success, each…
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God is a writer and we are both the heroes and the readers.
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Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about critics.
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There is no death. How can there be death if everything is part of the Godhead? The soul never dies…
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What nature creates has eternity in it.
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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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