"It is only cats that “meow” and wail, lions roar. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"Research into the past, as an aim in itself, without the “present”, is not worth a bean. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"All cobblers go barefoot. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"Sometimes one must translate not the lines themselves but what is written between them. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"One postponement leads to another. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"Unobtrusive influence has the greater value. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"A dog knows exactly when its master is angry. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"The really great deeds are done in secret. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"Poverty can do a great deal and so can exile – – – so make allowances for the Jew when judging him. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"The philosophy of a nation is to be found in its proverbs at times. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"The workshop of the nation’s soul. [School] " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"A noble and central idea lends flavor and purpose and a breath of life to every enterprise and act. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik