Top 7 Quotes by Solomon Schechter

You cannot be anything if you want to be everything.

You cannot be anything if you want to be everything.

Inspirational, Funny, Want

Judaism is absolutely incompatible with the abandonment of the Torah.

Abandonment, Torah, Judaism

Solomon Schechter (1908). “Inaugural Address of Solomon Schechter as President of the Faculty of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America: Delivered November 20, 1902”

Self-complacency is the companion of ignorance.

Solomon Schechter

Ignorance, Self, Complacency

Whatever the faults of the rabbis, consistency was not one of them.

Solomon Schechter

Consistency, Faults, Rabbi

By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else.

Solomon Schechter

Mean, Men, Vulgarity Is

Solomon Schechter (1909). “Abraham Lincoln: Memorial Address Delivered at the Lincoln Centennial Celebration of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America”

In short, the Gaon was a one-sided, severe ascetic, and would never have deserved the title of a good father, a good husband, an amiable man ... [T]here is no occasion at all for pitying Mrs. Gaon. ... Saints are happy in their suffering, and noble souls find their happiness in sacrificing themselves for these sufferers.

Solomon Schechter

Husband, Father, Sacrifice