Abraham Cahan

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

What is wealth? A dream of fools. ”

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

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

The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once. ”

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. ”

I was a great dreamer of day dreams. ”

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 orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life. ”