It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world!

When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.

In the future I'm going to devote less time to sentimentality and more time to reality.

God has never deserted our people. Through the ages Jews have had to suffer, but through the ages they've gone on living, and the centuries of suffering have only made them stronger.

I've found that there is always some beauty left-in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you. Look at these things, then you find yourself again, and God, and then you regain your balance. And whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!