Isaac Leib Peretz: Quotes about the world

Isaac Leib Peretz was Yiddish language author and playwright. Explore interesting quotes on world.

Isaac Leib Peretz: 122 quotes0 likes

“It is not only individuals—peoples too cannot live merely for themselves. The whole world must be redeemed.”

Isaac Leib Peretz

Der Dichter, 1910. S. Liptzin. Peretz. Yivo, 1947, p. 325.

“[Christianity] is a denial of this world, a severance from reality, an abdication, a means of redemption from, not for, life.”

Isaac Leib Peretz

Vegn vos Firn op fun Yidishkeit, 1911. S. Liptzin. Peretz. Yivo, 1947, p. 372.

“The ancient Greeks and Romans tell of a golden age in the past…. Our Messiah alone belongs to the future. He still has to make his appearance, and not solely for the benefit of his own people. The whole world must be judged and redeemed.”

Isaac Leib Peretz

Der Dichter, 1910. Alle Verk, x. 11; S. Liptzin. Peretz. Yivo, 1947, p. 310.

“In this world it is very dangerous to be weak.”

Isaac Leib Peretz

Shreib a Feleton, 1895. Alle Verk, xii. 77.