I sat near a window in our little synagogue and looked out at the large church and wondered how a statue whose face was so full of love could be worshipped by someone whose heart was so full of hate. - Chaim Potok
A person must know who he is. A person must understand himself, improve himself, learn his weaknesses in order to overcome them. It is hard for a person to understand his own weaknesses. - Chaim Potok
...a blink of an eye in itself is nothing. But the eye that blinks, that is something. - Chaim Potok
Two people who are true friends are like two bodies with one soul - Chaim Potok
All the sounds of this valley run together into one great echo, a song that is sung by all the spirits of this valley. Only a hunter hears it. - Chaim Potok
In Russia I went to a great yeshiva, and in America I work in a carnival. - Chaim Potok