Hayim Nahman Bialik quotes

Hayim Nahman Bialik quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“He who reads the Bible in translation is like a man who kisses his bride through a veil.”
-- Hayim Nahman Bialik

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“Shabbat is a day of rest, of mental scrutiny and of balance. Without it the workdays are insipid.”
-- Hayim Nahman Bialik

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“Unless the church is equipping believers to embrace the values and vision of the kingdom of God and turn away from the materialism, consumerism, greed, and power of the present age, it not only abandons its biblical mandate, it is rendered missionally ineffective.”

Source : "The Faith of Leap: Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage (Shapevine)". Book by Alan Hirsch and Michael Frost, 2011.
“The greatest proof that the Bible is inspired is that it has stood so much bad preaching.”
“Because religious training means credulity training, churches should not be surprised to find that so many of their congregations accept astrology as readily as theology, or a channeled Atlantean priest as readily as a biblical prophet.”
“I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally.”
“It's OK to do cute little things like kissing a turtle, but you can't kiss another person because he's a different color? Give me a break. And you have to remember, I'm from Dallas, Texas.”
“I get to keep you,â€ he said, staring at me with an intensity that made me shiver. â€œKeep me?â€ I asked, reaching up to kiss his chin and trail kisses down his perfect neck. â€œNot here. I canâ€™t take much more, Pagan. Iâ€™m only so strong,â€ he said in a husky voice as he pulled me against his chest. â€œYouâ€™re mine now. While you walk the Earth you belong to me. Nothing can hurt you.â€ I heard a touch of humor in his voice. â€œItâ€™s pretty impossible to hurt what Death protects.”
“Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down... and kissed him. And the world cracked open.”
“â€¦kissing George was a little like rolling in caramel after spending years surviving off rice sticks.”
“All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and without ever seeing it. It formed my generation and the world we lived in. I played Hurricanes and Spitfires in the playground, and war films still form the basis of all my moral philosophy. All the men I've ever got to my feet for or called sir had been in the war.”
“Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.”

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