Solomon Schechter Quotes

• You cannot be anything if you want to be everything.

  Solomon Schechter

  Inspirational, Funny, Want

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• Judaism is absolutely incompatible with the abandonment of the Torah.

  Solomon Schechter

  Abandonment, Torah, Judaism

  Solomon Schechter (1908). “Inaugural Address of Solomon Schechter as President of the Faculty of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America: Delivered November 20, 1902”

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• Self-complacency is the companion of ignorance.

  Solomon Schechter

  Ignorance, Self, Complacency

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• Whatever the faults of the rabbis, consistency was not one of them.

  Solomon Schechter

  Consistency, Faults, Rabbi

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• By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else.

  Solomon Schechter

  Mean, Men, Vulgarity Is

  Solomon Schechter (1909). “Abraham Lincoln: Memorial Address Delivered at the Lincoln Centennial Celebration of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America”

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• In short, the Gaon was a one-sided, severe ascetic, and would never have deserved the title of a good father, a good husband, an amiable man ... [T]here is no occasion at all for pitying Mrs. Gaon. ... Saints are happy in their suffering, and noble souls find their happiness in sacrificing themselves for these sufferers.

  Solomon Schechter

  Husband, Father, Sacrifice

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• Ages employed in making history have no time for studying it.

  Solomon Schechter

  Age, Study, Making History

  Solomon Schechter (1970). “Studies in Judaism: Essays on Persons, Concepts, and Movements of Thought in Jewish Tradition”

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