Quotes by Asch, Sholem




Sholem Asch (1880 - 1957), a.k.a. Shalom Asch was a U.S. (Polish-born) Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language..

"Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence."

Asch, Sholem on memory
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"The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers for ever!"

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"The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity."

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