Quotes by Abraham Cahan

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

Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.

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

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

If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him,...

I was a great dreamer of day dreams.

God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap;...

Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.

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

You must never tire fighting Satan.

What is wealth? A dream of fools.

What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.