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Isaac Bashevis Singer, born on November 21, 1902 in Poland and died on July 24, 1991, was an outstanding Jewish American author. His works are renowned for their vivid portrayal of the lives and experiences of Eastern European Jews, and he has won widespread acclaim for his unique narrative style and profound humanistic concerns.

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“How can we speak of right and justice if we take an innocent creature and shed its blood? How can we pray to God for mercy if we ourselves have no mercy? Nobel laureate in literature.”

Ifs Literature Speak Justice Blood Praying Creatures Mercy Innocent Shed Nobel Praying To God

Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer

“God gave us so many emotions, and so many strong ones. Every human being, even if he is an idiot, is a millionaire in emotions.”

Ifs Humans Strong Human Beings Emotion Idiot Millionaire

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“No lepidopterist's collection in the entire world...full if iridescent wings, is worth the life of a single butterfly.”

Ifs World Wings Collections Butterfly Iridescent

Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer

“When a day passes, it is no longer there. What remains of it? Nothing more than a story. If stories weren't told or books weren't written, man would live like the beasts, only for the day.”

Ifs Men Book Stories Written Remains Beast

Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer

“People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.”

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

“If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments.”

Ifs Two Might Literature Written Thousand Ten Paid Rate Newspapers Commandments Moses Ten Commandments

Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer

“When a human kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice. Man prays for mercy, but is unwilling to extend it to others. Why should man then expect mercy from God? It's unfair to expect something that you are not willing to give.”

“There is no death. How can there be death if everything is part of the Godhead? The soul never dies and the body is never really alive.”

Ifs Soul Body Death Dies Alive Reincarnation Incarnation

Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer

“When we're trying to decide whether a leader is a good leader or a bad one, the question to ask is: 'Is he with the Ten Commandments or is he against them?' Then you can determine if the leader is a true messiah or another Stalin.”

Ifs Trying Asks Leader Ten Determine Commandments Messiah Ten Commandments Good Leader

Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer

“If there would come a voice from God saying, 'I'm against vegetarianism!' I would say, 'Well, I am for it!' This is how strongly I feel in this regard.”

Ifs Feels Wells Voice Regard Vegetarian Vegan Vegetarianism Inconsistency Vegetarian Health Vegan Health

Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer

“If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet... [at least for your own situation. Blind optimism is just as foolish. The solution is a rigorously balanced, rational outlook.]”

Ifs Chance Situation Solutions Optimism Blind Foolish Rational Prophet Anticipation Balanced Outlook Good Chance Blind Optimism

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“But if we have people who have the power to tell a story, there will always be readers.”

People Ifs Stories Reader

Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer

“Whatever doesn't really happen is dreamed at night. It happens to one if it doesn't happen to another, tomorrow if not today, or a century hence if not next year.”

Ifs Years Happens Today Night Next Century Tomorrow Next Year

Book:Isaac Bashevis Singer: Conversations

Source: Isaac Bashevis Singer: Conversations

“Man is a disgusting thing. If you beat him he starts to scream, but if it is the other one who is beaten, then he constructs a theory.”

Ifs Men Theory Beats Scream Disgusting Beaten Constructs

Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer

About the Author

Born: November 21, 1902
Died: July 24, 1991
Known for: Author
Quotes: 156

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Aspects of I.B. SingerRelated source material

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American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to NowRelated source material

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