One gets on better in life if one is not over modest.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

Even when I was older, I couldn't stop asking questions.

Who has inflicted this upon us? Who has made us Jews different from all other people? Who has allowed us to suffer so terribly uptill now? It is God that has made us as we are, but it will be God, too, who will raise us up again. If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed, will be held up as an example.

I had an occasional flash of understanding, but then got selfishly wrapped up again in my own problems and pleasures.

You can always give something, even if it is only kindness.

Let's not talk about it any more, but if you still want anything please write to me about it, because I can say what I mean much better on paper.