Abraham Cahan Quotes
"The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life."
- Abraham Cahan
(Related: Faith, Life, Religious, Woman)
"You must never tire fighting Satan."
- Abraham Cahan
(Related: Fighting, Satan)
"What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter."
- Abraham Cahan
(Related: Wind, World)
"The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once."
- Abraham Cahan
(Related: Life)
"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
(Related: Act, Lies, Lying, Smile, Word)
"Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth."
- Abraham Cahan
(Related: Deeds, Learning, Reality, World, Worth)
"Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger."
- Abraham Cahan
(Related: Anger, Control)
"If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it."
- 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."
- Abraham Cahan
(Related: Life, People, Measure, Race, Spiritual)
"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
(Related: Man, Pity, Tongue)
"I was a great dreamer of day dreams."
- Abraham Cahan
(Related: Dreams, Day)
"Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart."
- Abraham Cahan
(Related: Heart, Conceit, Envy, Fight)
"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
(Related: God, Day, Example, Fire, Holiness, Man)
"What is wealth? A dream of fools."
- Abraham Cahan
(Related: Dream, Wealth, Fools)
"If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting."
- Abraham Cahan
(Related: God, Study)