Sholem Asch
Sholem Asch
Sholem Asch, also written Shalom Asch or simply Shalom Ash, was a Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language that settled in the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 November 1880
CountryUnited States of America
Sholem Asch quotes about
heritage scriptures
Heritage is Scriptures . . . which have become absorbed into our blood.
american-novelist conquers
The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers for ever!
philanthropy god-love humankind
Without a love of humankind there is no love of God.
jesus light personality
Jesus Christ is the outstanding personality of our time. Every act and word of Jesus has value for us. He became the light of the world. Why shouldn't I, a Jew, be proud of that?
book air library
I love the place; the magnificent books; I require books as I require air.
heaven soul contact
Through our soul is our contact with heaven.
evil doe nations
God does not seek to destroy the evil nations, but their evil.
arms moral life-is
Now, more than any time previous in human history, we must arm ourselves with an ethical code so that each of us will be aware that he is protecting the moral merchandise absent of which life is not worth living.
inspirational deeds ladders
Humankind's ladder to God is a ladder of deeds.
height details spirit
The heathen spirit is wingless. It cannot lift itself to heights from which the totality of being is visible, and it therefore loses itself in details.
creativity personality glands
Personality is the gland of creativity.
hammers tools nails
If my only tool is a hammer, then every problem is a nail.
struggle night earth
Every dawn renews the Beginning, and to behold the earth struggling out of the formless void, out of the night, is to witness the act of creation.
children age security
The best security for old age: respect your children.