Chaim Potok Quote
Without the future there is no present, my father is saying. Without the future there can be no hope for redemption, and without hope for redemption there is nothing. A man must plan for the future. Max smiles politely. That is the sort of talk, he once told me, he used to get from his own father. They talk about redeeming the world for the future, Max said. I have more modest goals. I wish only to redeem a canvas for today.
Chaim Potok
Without the future there is no present, my father is saying. Without the future there can be no hope for redemption, and without hope for redemption there is nothing. A man must plan for the future. Max smiles politely. That is the sort of talk, he once told me, he used to get from his own father. They talk about redeeming the world for the future, Max said. I have more modest goals. I wish only to redeem a canvas for today.
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About Chaim Potok
Chaim Potok (February 17, 1929 – July 23, 2002) was an American author, novelist, playwright, editor and rabbi. Of the more than dozen novels he authored, his first book The Chosen (1967) was listed on The New York Times’ bestseller list for 39 weeks and sold more than 3,400,000 copies, and was adapted into a well-received 1981 feature film by the same title.