Even in the worm that crawls in the earth there glows a divine spark. When you slaughter a creature, you slaughter God. Isaac Bashevis Singer More Quotes by Isaac Bashevis Singer More Quotes From Isaac Bashevis Singer When the time comes I will go joyfully. Whatever may be there, it will be real, without complication, without ridicule, without deception. Isaac Bashevis Singer deceptionrealmay I was brought up to believe in free will. Although I came to doubt all revelation, I can never accept the idea that the Universe is a physical or chemical accident, a result of blind evolution. Even though I learned to recognize the lies, the clichés and the idolatries of the human mind, I still cling to some truths which I think all of us might accept some day. Isaac Bashevis Singer believelyingthinking If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments. Isaac Bashevis Singer literaturemighttwo What's the good of not believing? Today it's your wife you don't believe; tomorrow it's God Himself you won't take stock in. Isaac Bashevis Singer wifetodaybelieve The soul never dies and the body is never really alive. Isaac Bashevis Singer alivebodysoul Literature has neglected the old and their emotions. The novelists never told us that in love, as in other matters, the young are just beginners and that the art of loving matures with age and experience. Isaac Bashevis Singer novelistsageart No technological achievements can mitigate the disappointment of modern man, his loneliness, his feeling of inferiority, and his fear of war, revolution and terror. Not only has our generation lost faith in Providence but also in man himself, in his institutions and often in those who are nearest to him. Isaac Bashevis Singer lonelinessdisappointmentwar Shoulders are from God and burdens too. Isaac Bashevis Singer shouldersburden What happened was no accident. Everything was preordained. True, the will was free, but heaven also made its ordinances. Isaac Bashevis Singer happenedmadeheaven In relation to them (animals), all people are Nazis for the animals, it is an eternal Treblinka. Isaac Bashevis Singer nazianimalpeople There is a plan to this universe. There is a high intelligence, maybe even a purpose, but it's given to us on the installment plan. Isaac Bashevis Singer givenpurposeinspirational What nature creates has eternity in it. Isaac Bashevis Singer natureeternity Three characteristics a work of fiction must possess in order to be successful: Isaac Bashevis Singer successfulwritingorder They still believe in God, the family, angels, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other obsolete stuff. Isaac Bashevis Singer angelstuffbelieve We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children. Isaac Bashevis Singer writingpregnancychildren No doubt the world is entirely an imaginary world, but it is only once removed from the true world. Isaac Bashevis Singer imaginarydoubtworld What do these children do without storybooks?" Naftali asked. And Reb Zebulun replied: "They have to make do. Storybooks aren't bread. You can live without them." I couldn't live without them." Naftali said. Isaac Bashevis Singer breadsaidchildren I get up every morning with a desire to do some creative work. This desire is made of the same stuff as the sexual desire, the desire to make money, or any other desire. Isaac Bashevis Singer creativedesiremorning The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it. Isaac Bashevis Singer enjoyenglandinspirational The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop. Isaac Bashevis Singer twentieth-centurycenturyhalf