Quotes from Abraham Cahan

The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.

I was a great dreamer of day dreams.

Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.

Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.

Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.

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.

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.

Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.

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.

Behold! The brook is murmuring and murmuring, but I know not of what. My heart is yearning and yearning, and I know not of what. I cherish the murmur of the brook. I cherish the pang of my lonely heart." The

I was a great dreamer of day dreams.

What is wealth? A dream of fools.

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.

The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.

What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.

Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.

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.

You must never tire fighting Satan.

Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.

Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.

Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.

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 you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.