Abba Hillel Silver famous quotes

For the curse of Cain, the curse of being an outcast and a wanderer over the face of the earth has been removed...
-- Abba Hillel Silver

#Cain #Earth #Faces

There is evil in the world, but it can be overcome through repentance ­and aspiration, and therein lies the true meaning and adventure of life.
-- Abba Hillel Silver

#Lying #Adventure #Evil

The Land of Israel will be small, but the people of Israel will make it great. Not in opulence, but in eminence will their destiny be fulfilled, and the elixir of their pride will be distilled not out of dominion or far-flung borders, but out of the faithful and skillful building of the good society.
-- Abba Hillel Silver

#Pride #Destiny #Israel

Indifference to one's own faith is no proof of tolerance. Loyalty to one's own is part of a larger loyalty to faith generally.
-- Abba Hillel Silver

#Loyalty #Tolerance #Indifference

I was born with a stain. A mark. Like the mark of Cain. But is the mark of my father, my family. The mark of Borgia. I have tried to be other than I am. And I have failed. And If I have failed you in the process, I am truly sorry.

I was very happy being education minister and deputy to John Cain.

Here is the paradox of the thing we call freedom: the farther we wander from God and the more we try to break free from him, the more enchained we become. Every step we take away from Him leads us farther from the freedom of Jesus and closer to the cruelty of Cain.

Well, part of it is the general fascination with the Amish. It's an extremely popular genre and Beverly Lewis just happens to have the market cornered. She is the bestselling author in this genre. We had actually optioned another one of her Amish books, The Redemption of Sarah Cain. We retitled it Saving Sarah Cain and it did extremely well for Lifetime so we pursued more of her novels.

Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.

I'm just a down-to-earth guy.

It doesn't have to be the Grand Canyon, it could be a city street, it could be the face of another human being - Everything is full of wonder.

A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say if you're not in the room.

Then the fear all humans felt when met with Death’s gaze came over his face. That’s right buddy, I’m Death, now move away from my girl.

I talk a lot about women in my act, 'cause let's face it -- if I was hungry, I would talk about food.