If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting. Abraham Cahan
If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.
Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart. Abraham Cahan
Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.
You must never tire fighting Satan. Abraham Cahan
You must never tire fighting Satan.
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. Abraham Cahan
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.
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. Abraham Cahan
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.
Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger. Abraham Cahan
Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.
I was a great dreamer of day dreams. Abraham Cahan
I was a great dreamer of day dreams.
Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be. Abraham Cahan
Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.
What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter. Abraham Cahan
What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth. Abraham Cahan
Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life. Abraham Cahan
The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.
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. Abraham Cahan
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.
If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race. Abraham Cahan
If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race.
If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it. Abraham Cahan
If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
I saw that civilization was honeycombed with what Max Nordau called conventional lies, with sham ecstasy, sham sympathy, sham smiles, sham laughter The Abraham Cahan
I saw that civilization was honeycombed with what Max Nordau called conventional lies, with sham ecstasy, sham sympathy, sham smiles, sham laughter The
Your worst pessimist is, after all, an optimist with regard to himself. Abraham Cahan
Your worst pessimist is, after all, an optimist with regard to himself.
Born: July 7, 1860
Died: August 31, 1951
Profession: Editor
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