Isaac Quotes

There is a dreadful Hell, And everlasting pains; There sinners must with devils dwell In darkness, fire, and chains.

In Job and the Psalms we shall find more sublime ideas, more elevated language, than in any of the heathen versifiers of Greece or Rome.

Joy to the world, the Lord is come / Let earth receive her King / Let every heart, prepare him room / And heaven and nature sing.

What bliss will fill the ransomed souls, when they in glory dwell, to see the sinner as he rolls, in quenchless flames of hell.

Whene'er I take my walks abroad,How many poor I see!What shall I render to my GodFor all his gifts to me?

Whatever brawls disturb the street, There should be peace at home.

Reason is the glory of human nature, and one of the chief eminences whereby we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes, in this lower world.

What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended.

The idea of not getting a gun is not because I'm afraid of guns, it's not because I think guns are wrong, it's because it's impractical, it's stupid and it's exactly what they want me to do.

Mathematicians deal with large numbers sometimes, but never in their income.

I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in.

I don't get 'shark' - but who cares!

Only a lie that wasn't ashamed of itself could possibly succeed.

Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.

I have never written a book that didn't teach me far more than it taught my reader.

Intuition is the art, peculiar to the human mind, of working out the correct answer from data that is, in itself, incomplete or even, perhaps, misleading.

Scientists derive satisfaction from figuring out the puzzle. It's about the quest, not the grail.

There is no merit to discipline under ideal circumstances. I must have it in the face of death or it is worthless.

All life is nucleic acid; the rest is commentary.

Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law; no change. Despotism! They know one rule; force. Maldistribution! They know one desire; to hold what is theirs.

I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing — to be clear.

It was childish to feel disappointed, but childishness comes almost as naturally to a man as to a child.

Why is it, I wonder, that anyone who displays superior athletic ability is an object of admiration to his classmates, while one who displays superior mental ability is an object of hatred?

This game the Persian Magi did invent, The force of Eastern wisdom to express: From thence to busy Europeans sent, And styled by modern Lombards pensive chess.

Modern science fiction is the only form of literature that consistently considers the nature of the changes that face us.

It has always been my ambition to die in harness with my head face down on a keyboard and my nose caught between two of the keys.

Scientists expect to be improved on and corrected; they hope to be

One thought that occurs to me is that men will continue to withdraw from nature in order to create an environment that will suit them better.

To any who know the star field well from one certain reference point, stars are as individual as people. Jump ten parsecs, however, and not even your own sun is recognizable.

It is safe to make a choice of your thoughts, scarcely ever safe to express them all.

God gave us so many emotions, and so many strong ones. Every human being, even if he is an idiot, is a millionaire in emotions.

No doubt the world is entirely an imaginary world, but it is only once removed from the true world.

There is a plan to this universe. There is a high intelligence, maybe even a purpose, but it's given to us on the installment plan.

Of course I believe in free will. Do we have a choice?

I believe in free will. I have no choice.

Whatever doesn't really happen is dreamed at night. It happens to one if it doesn't happen to another, tomorrow if not today, or a century hence if not next year.

It seems that the analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. And literature does it, unlike gossip, without mentioning names.

Shoulders are from God and burdens too.

What happened was no accident. Everything was preordained. True, the will was free, but heaven also made its ordinances.

Children?have no use for psychology.

It is written, better to be a fool all your days than for one hour to be evil. You are not a fool. They are the fools. For he who causes his neighbor to feel shame loses Paradise himself.

When literature becomes overly erudite, it means that interest in the art has gone and curiosity about the artist is what's important. It becomes a kind of idolatry.

When the time comes I will go joyfully. Whatever may be there, it will be real, without complication, without ridicule, without deception.

The characters have their own lives and their own logic, and you have to act accordingly.

A story to me must have some surprise...I must have a passion to write the story.

Each soul must accomplish its task, or it would not have been sent here.

Those who run around with women don't walk tightropes. They find it hard enough to crawl on the ground.

What's the good of not believing? Today it's your wife you don't believe; tomorrow it's God Himself you won't take stock in.

It is a fact that the classics of Yiddish literature are also the classics of the modern Hebrew literature.

The pessimism of the creative person is not decadence but a mighty passion for the redemption of man.