Solomon Schechter Quotes & Sayings

Judaism is absolutely incompatible with the abandonment of the Torah. — Solomon Schechter

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

You cannot be anything if you want to be everything. — Solomon Schechter

Self-complacency is the companion of ignorance. — Solomon Schechter

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

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

Ages employed in making history have no time for studying it. — Solomon Schechter