Isaac Bashevis Singer quotes and words of wisdom

"Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression."
Found in the topic Creation.

"I don"t invent characters because the Almighty has already invented millions. Just like experts at fingerprints do not create fingerprints but learn how to read them."
Found in the topic Character.

"When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself."
Found in the topic Lever.

"Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters."
Found in the topic Doubt.

"We must believe in free will, we have no choice."
Found in the topic Will.

"You must believe in free will; there is no choice."
Found in the topic Belief.

"There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is."
Found in the topic Destiny.

"The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual ? when it begins to ignore the passions, the motions ? it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance."
Found in the topic Literature.

"What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it."
Found in the topic Eternity.

"Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man"s thinking or his writing."
Found in the topic Original.

"We know what a person thinks, not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions."
Found in the topic Action.

"As long as human beings go on shedding the blood of animals, there will never be any peace."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

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