Shmuel Yosef Agnon Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.”

“For myself, I am very small indeed in my own eyes.”

“The beginnings of my studies also came to me from my father, as well as from the Rabbinical Judge of our town. But they were preceded by three tutors under whom I studied, one after the other, from the time I was three and a half till I turned eight and a half.”

“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.”

“I have also written a book about the Giving of the Torah, and a book on the Days of Awe, and a book on the books of Israel that have been written since the day the Torah was given to Israel.”