Isaac Bashevis Quotes
Most popular Isaac Bashevis Quotes

Literature is the memory of humanity.

We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.

The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.

If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of becoming a prophet.

In a figurative way, Yiddish is the wise and humble language of us all, the idiom of frightened and hopeful Humanity.

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

Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.
Originality is not seen in single words or even sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking and writing.