Quote by Chaim Potok
A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully an

A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare – let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel. – Chaim Potok

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But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet. – Chaim Potok

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Travel
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I think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divine in this enterprise called history. That is an ongoing relationship, and there is absolutely no guarantee that things will automatically work out to our best advantage. – Chaim Potok

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relationship
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And these two elements are at odds with one another because Freud is utterly adversary to almost all the ways of structuring the human experience found in Western religions. No Western religion can countenance Freuds view of man. – Chaim Potok

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God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly. – Paul Valery

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Life is so impermanent that its not about somebody else or things around me, its about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside. – K. D. Lang

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alone

No enterprise, small or large, public or private, can remain self-governing, let alone successful, so deeply in hock to others as we are about to be. – Mitch Daniels

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I finally faced the fact that it isnt a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems. – Whitney Houston

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I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it. – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation. – James Freeman Clarke, Sermon

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