We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer
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. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer
When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer
Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer
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. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer
Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer
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