Berl Katznelson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

We fear not the truth, even if it be gloomy, but its counterfeit.
-- Berl Katznelson

#Fear Not #Gloomy #Counterfeit
There is only a single step between impurity and purity.
-- Berl Katznelson

#Steps #Purity
We wanted to raise a generation of heretics, but instead we raised a generation of ignoramuses
-- Berl Katznelson

#Generations #Raises #Raised
Throughout all the pain of enslavement and despotism, of inquisition, forced conversion, and massacre, the Jewish people has carried in its heart the yearning for freedom and has given this craving a folk expression which includes every soul in Israel, every single downtrodden pauperized soul!
-- Berl Katznelson

#Pain #Heart #Israel
Those who will find here a hold for their souls, an anvil for their hands, and vitality for their hearts, will build both their lives and the land.
-- Berl Katznelson

#Heart #Hands #Land

We fear not the truth, even if it be gloomy, but its counterfeit.
Did you know destruction of the soul is not the ending to life: Fear not of the Antichrist.
I fear nothing and I regret less.
But it is the fear, not the writing that defeats me. Everything is not a masterpiece.
Courage is always and only one thing: It is acting with fear, not without it.
I'm not too afraid of much but I do fear not being able to race some day. I can imagine it would be quite sad.
In '74 it was really a very gloomy atmosphere, I would say, to put it mildly.
Counterfeit charm is worse than none at all.
There is one grace you cannot counterfeit . . . the grace of perseverance.
You may imitate, but never counterfeit.

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