The span of a man's life - that is nothing. But what a man makes of that span - that is something. A man must make his own meaning for life. Meaning …

- Chaim Potok

Truth has to be given in riddles. People can't take truth if it comes charging at them like a bull. The bull is always killed. You have to give peopl…

- Chaim Potok

No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate, that's the way the world is.

- Chaim Potok

To the extent that I come from a deeply religious tradition and have been contending with those beginnings all of my life - that constitutes the subj…

- Chaim Potok

Something that is yours forever is never precious

- Chaim Potok

Art is whether or not there is a scream in him wanting to get out in a special way.

- Chaim Potok

Each generation thinks it fights new battles. But the battles are the same. Only the people are different.

- Chaim Potok

Art begins . . . when someone interprets, when someone sees the world through his own eyes. Art happens when what is seen becomes mixed with the insi…

- Chaim Potok

I looked at my right hand, the hand with which I painted. There was power in that hand. Power to create and destroy. Power to bring pleasure and pain…

- Chaim Potok