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40 Notable Quotes By Isaac Bashevis Singer

Famous As: Writer
Born On: November 21, 1902
Died On: July 24, 1991
Born In: Leoncin, Congress Poland
Died At Age: 88
Isaac Bashevis Singer was an illustrious Polish-Jewish writer in Yiddish who received a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. He had also bagged two ‘U.S National Book Awards’, one in fiction and the other in children’s literature. Besides being a Nobel Laureate, he also played a vital role in the ‘Yiddish Literary Movement’, and wrote and published his books, thoughts, novels and works only in Yiddish. Some of his notable works include, ‘A Crown of Features and Other Stories’, ‘A Day of Pleasure: Stories of A Boy Growing Up in Warsaw’, ‘Satan in Goray’, ‘The Wicked City’, ‘Shadows on the Hudson’, ‘Gimpel The Fool And Other Stories’ amongst various others. Zoom through the corpus of quotations and sayings by Isaac Bashevis Singer which have a large readership and are frequently quoted by people across the globe. Presenting notable quotes and thoughts by Isaac Bashevis Singer on greatness, kindness, character, believe, surprise, choice, effort, eternity, wisdom, love, health, environmental, justice, treasure, vision, art, animals, religion, scholar and more.
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I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.

I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in.

I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when it’s dark

Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when it’s dark

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Kindness, I’ve discovered, is everything in life.

Kindness, I’ve discovered, is everything in life.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.

In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.

When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.

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

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

Isaac Bashevis Singer
What a strange power there is in clothing.

What a strange power there is in clothing.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.

A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in three moves, we try to prevent it. We know we can't win, but we're driven to give him a good fight.

We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in three moves, we try to prevent it. We know we can't win, but we're driven to give him a good fight.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.

As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
When a writer tries to explain too much, he's out of time before he begins.

When a writer tries to explain too much, he's out of time before he begins.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
The wastepaper basket is the writer’s best friend.

The wastepaper basket is the writer’s best friend.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself

Isaac Bashevis Singer
We must believe in free will. We have no choice.

We must believe in free will. We have no choice.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Every human character appears only once in the history of human beings. And so does every event of love.

Every human character appears only once in the history of human beings. And so does every event of love.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.

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

Isaac Bashevis Singer
No doubt the world is entirely an imaginary world, but it is only once removed from the true world.

No doubt the world is entirely an imaginary world, but it is only once removed from the true world.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
I don't study literature, I read it for enjoyment

I don't study literature, I read it for enjoyment

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Even the worm that crawls in the Earth there glows a divine spark. When you slaughter a creature, you slaughter your God.

Even the worm that crawls in the Earth there glows a divine spark. When you slaughter a creature, you slaughter your God.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
If you believe in God, then He exists.

If you believe in God, then He exists.

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

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

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Shoulders are from God, and burdens too.

Shoulders are from God, and burdens too.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
If you hear I'm dead, don't come to my funeral.

If you hear I'm dead, don't come to my funeral.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Literature can very well describe the absurd, but it should never become absurd itself

Literature can very well describe the absurd, but it should never become absurd itself

Isaac Bashevis Singer
One prays for life , life means free choice and freedom is mystery . If one knew the truth how could there be freedom

One prays for life , life means free choice and freedom is mystery . If one knew the truth how could there be freedom

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Of all the blessings bestowed on man, the greatest lies in the fact that God's face is forever hidden from him

Of all the blessings bestowed on man, the greatest lies in the fact that God's face is forever hidden from him

Isaac Bashevis Singer