Quotes by Abraham Cahan

Abraham Cahan

Belarusian-born Jewish American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician

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  • Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.
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  • At one time he was employed on one of the Yiddish dailies, but lost his job during a political campaign, when he refused to write two editorials advocating the election of two opposing candidates, both to appear in the same issue of the newspaper.
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  • Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
    The Rise of David Levinsky
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  • If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
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  • If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.
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  • Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.
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  • Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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  • 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.
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  • The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once.
    The Rise of David Levinsky
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  • The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.
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  • What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
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The two most famous quotes from Abraham Cahan are:

  • "Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart."
  • "At one time he was employed on one of the Yiddish dailies, but lost his job during a political campaign, when he refused to write two editorials advocating the election of two opposing candidates, both to appear in the same issue of the newspaper."