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There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Justice
Man
Will
There is great treasure there behind our skull and this is true about all of us. This little treasure has great, great powers, and I would say we only have learnt a very, very small part of what it can do.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Treasure
The waste basket is the writer's best friend.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Friend
Waste
Writer
We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Actions
We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Choice
We must believe in free will, we have no choice.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Choice
Free will
We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Children
Parents
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Nature
Eternity
When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Now
Writer
Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.
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Knowledge
Ocean
A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is - full of surprises.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Life
Surprises
Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Religion
Doubt
Religious
Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Vision
Expression
For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Effort
Miracles
I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
God
Idea
Day
Word