Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.

In Jewish history there are no coincidences.

Now, when I hear that Christians are getting together in order to defend the people of Israel, of course it brings joy to my heart. And it simply says, look, people have learned from history.

It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed.

I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table.

Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.

Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.

Some stories are true that never happened.

What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically.

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.