Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing. Shmuel Yosef Agnon blessenjoymemory Change image and share on social
The fate of the singers who, like my songs, went up in flame was also the fate of the books which I later wrote. All of them went up in flame to Heaven in a fire which broke out one night at my home in Bad Homburg as I lay ill in a hospital. Shmuel Yosef Agnon badbookbreak share on social
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 agefindhalf Change image and share on social
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 beginbookcombine Change image and share on social
Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk. Shmuel Yosef Agnon cowdrinkdrop Change image and share on social
