When a human kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice. Man prays for mercy, but is unwilling to extend it to others. Why should man then expect mercy from God? It's unfair to expect something that you are not willing to give.
citado em "Food for the spirit: vegetarianism and the world religions" - página i", Bala Books philosophy and literature series, Steven Rosen, Bala Books, 1987, ISBN 0896470229, 9780896470224, 120 páginas
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Isaac Bashevis Singer Frases famosas
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.
citado em "Vegetarianism, a way of life" - pagina ix, Dudley Giehl - Harper & Row, 1979, ISBN 0060115041, 9780060115043 - 252 páginas
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To be a vegetarian is to disagree - \ to disagree with the course of things today. Starvation, \ world hunger, cruelty, waste, wars — we must make a statement. And I think it´s a strong one.
citado em "Why do vegetarians eat like that?: everything you wanted to know (and some things you didn't) about vegetarianism And Some Things You Didn't About Vegetarianism" - página xii, David Gabbe, Prime Imprints, 1994, ISBN 0964019000, 9780964019003, 276 páginas
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“Se você fica dizendo que as coisas vão ficar ruins, tem boa chance de se tornar um profeta.”
if you keep on saying that everything is going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet
citado em "Isaac Bashevis Singer, the magician of West 86th Street: a biography" - página 354, Paul Kresh - Dial Press, 1979 - 441 páginas
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“Nós temos que acreditar no livre arbítrio, nós não temos outra opção.”
Um comentário irônico que Singer fez em muitas entrevistas ao longo de muitos anos; aqui citado no "Isaac Singer’s Promised City" http://www.city-journal.org/html/7_3_urbanities-isaac.html City Journal ( Verão de 1997)
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Isaac Bashevis Singer: Frases em inglês
Nobel lecture (1978)
Nobel lecture (1978)
Enemies, A Love Story (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1972), p. 257
The New York Times (26 November 1978)
“The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.”
The New York Times (26 November 1978)
"Isaac Singer’s Promised City" by Stefan Kanfer in City Journal (Summer 1997) http://www.city-journal.org/html/7_3_urbanities-isaac.html
Nobel lecture (1978)