Israel Zangwill
Israel Zangwill
Israel Zangwillwas a British author at the forefront of cultural Zionism during the 19th century, he was a close associate of Theodor Herzl. He later rejected the search for a Jewish homeland and became the prime thinker behind the territorial movement...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 February 1864
change mad i-can
Take from me the hope that I can change the future and you will send me mad.
real race crucible
No, the real American has not yet arrived. He is only in the Crucible, I tell you - he will be the fusion of all races, perhaps the coming superman.
lying men facts
The vulgar herd catches at the gross apparent fact, but the man of insight knows what lies on the surfaces does lie.
voice age jerusalem
In the din and tumult of the age, the still small voice of Jerusalem remains our only music.
clever stupid silly
A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.
spiritual art struggle
Artistic truth is for me literally the highest truth: art may seize the essence of persons and movements no less truly, and certainly far more vitally, than a scientific generalization unifies a chaos of phenomena. Time and Space are only the conditions through which spiritual facts struggle. Hence I have here and there permitted myself liberties with these categories.
europe america race
America is God's Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming!
long common tolerate
As soon as you tolerate something, it becomes bearable, and before long it will become common.
brother sibling men
It takes two men to make one brother.
inspirational past imitation
The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.
forgiveness inspiration past
The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.