Abraham Cahan

Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

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Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

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Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

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If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

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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. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

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If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

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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. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

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I was a great dreamer of day dreams. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

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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. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

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