6 Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes on Faith

Isaac Bashevis Singer quotes on faith

2. Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

3. I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day.

9. Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

18. Not only has our generation lost faith in Providence but also in man himself, in his institutions and often in those who are nearest to him. In their despair a number of those who no longer have confidence in the leadership of our society look up to the writer, the master of words. They hope against hope that the man of talent and sensitivity can perhaps rescue civilization. Maybe there is a spark of the prophet in the artist after all.

23. One can find in the Yiddish tongue and in the Yiddish spirit expressions of pious joy, lust for life, longing for the Messiah, patience and deep appreciation of human individuality. There is a quiet humor in Yiddish and a gratitude for every day of life, every crumb of success, each encounter of love. The Yiddish mentality is not haughty. It does not take victory for granted. It does not demand and command but it muddles through, sneaks by, smuggles itself amidst the powers of destruction, knowing somewhere that God's plan for Creation is still at the very beginning.

30. God sends burdens, and shoulders, too.