My relationship to the Jewish people has become my strongest human bond, ever since I became fully aware of our precarious situation among the nations of the world.

Whoever is devoid of the capacity to wonder, whoever remains unmoved, whoever cannot contemplate or know the deep shudder of the soul in enchantment, might just as well be dead for he has already closed his eyes upon life.

Imagination is more powerful than knowledge.

A tyranny based on ... deception and maintained by terror must inevitably perish from the poison it generates within itself.

To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.

Not until we dare to regard ourselves as a nation, not until we respect ourselves, can we gain the esteem of others, or rather only then will it come of its own accord

Don't listen to the person who has the answers; listen to the person who has the questions.