There could be no greater calamity than a permanent discord between us and the Arab people. Despite the great wrong that has been done us, we must strive for a just and lasting compromise with the Arab people Let us recall that in former times no people lived in greater friendship with us than the ancestors of these Arabs.

Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.

The state is made for man, not man for the state.... That is to say, the state should be our servant and not we its slaves

Man can find meaning in life only through devoting himself to society.

I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.

A problem defined, is a problem half solved.

It is true that my parents were worried because I began to speak fairly late, so that they even consulted a doctor. I can't say how old I was - but surely not less than three.