In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.

You can get around to meaningful conversations more quickly in the dark than with the sun tickling your face.

And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren't any other people living in the world.

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.

Everyone thinks I'm showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I'm silent, insolent when I answer, cunning when I have a good idea, lazy when I'm tired, selfish when I eat one bite more than I should.

In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.

People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things.