Solomon Schechter
You cannot be anything if you want to be everything.
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.
Judaism is absolutely incompatible with the abandonment of the Torah.Collection: Abandonment
Whatever the faults of the rabbis, consistency was not one of them.Collection: Consistency
Self-complacency is the companion of ignorance.Collection: Ignorance
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.Collection: Husband
Ages employed in making history have no time for studying it.Collection: Age