Author: Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Quotes

At the age of nineteen and a half, I went to the Land of Israel to till its soil and live by the labour of my hands. As I did not find work, I sought my livelihood elsewhere.

At the age of nineteen and a half, I went to the Land of Israel to till its soil and live by the labour of my hands. As I did not find work, I sought my livelihood elsewhere.

- Shmuel Yosef Agnon

If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after.

If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after.

- Shmuel Yosef Agnon

After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.

After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.

- Shmuel Yosef Agnon

When I first began to combine letters other than Hebrew, I read every book in German that came my way, and from these I certainly received according to the nature of my soul.

When I first began to combine letters other than Hebrew, I read every book in German that came my way, and from these I certainly received according to the nature of my soul.

- Shmuel Yosef Agnon

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