Israel Zangwill
Israel Zangwill
Israel Zangwillwas a British author at the forefront of cultural Zionism during the 19th century, he was a close associate of Theodor Herzl. He later rejected the search for a Jewish homeland and became the prime thinker behind the territorial movement...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 February 1864
true-love funny-relationship love-is
The only true love is love at first sight; second sight dispels it.
enjoy commandments thyself
Let us start a new religion with one commandment, "Enjoy thyself.
distance heart law
The law of dislike for the unlike will always prevail. And whereas the unlike is normally situated at a safe distance, the Jews bring the unlike into the heart of every milieu, and must there defend a frontier line as large as the world.
israel land people
The Land of Israel needs a People and the People of Israel needs a Land.
writing people age
There never was such an age in which so many people were able to write badly.
editors names watches
Editors are constantly on the watch to discover new talents in old names.
trying faults should
You should examine yourself daily. If you find faults, you should correct them. When you find none, you should try even harder.
dogma ideals eternal
Every dogma has its day, but ideals are eternal.
christian clever men
No Jew was ever fool enough to turn Christian unless he was a clever man.
change things-change
Everything changes but change
real religion atheism
Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.
christian religion atheism
Scratch the Christian and you find the pagan - spoiled.
book soul censorship
[T]he German censorship forbade or mutilated my every book, which was like sticking pins into my soul...
children father simple
O God... make me a child again, even before I die; give me back the simple faith, the clear vision of the child that holds its father's hand.