“The truth is that what the great religions preached, the Yiddish-speaking people of the ghettos practiced day in and day out. They were the people of The Book in the truest sense of the word. They knew of no greater joy than the study of man and human relations, which they called Torah, Talmud, Mussar, Cabala.” PeopleMenHumansBookJoyStudyGreaterTruth IsRelationGhettoTruestHuman RelationsTorahYiddish Book:Aspects of I.B. Singer Source: Aspects of I.B. Singer
“The worst feature of this double consciousness is, that the two lives, of the understanding and of the soul, which we lead, reallyshow very little relation to each other; never meet and measure each other: one prevails now, all buzz and din; and the other prevails then, all infinitude and paradise; and, with the progress of life, the two discover no greater disposition to reconcile themselves.” LittlesTwoSoulUnderstandingConsciousnessGreaterProgressWorstRelationFeaturesParadiseDispositionReconcileBuzzTwo Lives Book:Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson: (A Modern Library E-Book) Source: Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson: (A Modern Library E-Book)