A Guest for the Night Quotes

“He used to say, 'Do, and expect nothing.' And since he did, his deeds combined to make a substantial reality. For such is the way of deeds: if a man does one thing today and another tomorrow, in the course of time they combine into a great deed.”
― S.Y. Agnon, A Guest for the Night

“I sat silent before the book, and the book unsealed its lips and revealed to me things I had never heard before. When I was tired of studying I thought many thoughts, and this is one of them: Many generations ago a wise man wrote a book and he did not know of this man who sits here, but in the end all his words prove to be meant for him.”
― S.Y. Agnon, A Guest for the Night