I told him that I did not believe that they could burn people in our age, that humanity would never tolerate it . . .

I come from a tradition - from the Jewish tradition, which believes in words, in language, in communication.

The Biblical text does not have punctuation marks like periods and question marks. Where we end sentences is a matter of interpretation.

I'd almost say hope isn't what it used to be. It's very difficult today to be a teacher. I speak to children. And tell them, look, no matter what, you must have hope. You must. When I invoke Camus, who said when there is no hope, you must invent hope. . .hope is something that is not what God gives us. It's like peace. It's a gift that one can give to one another. Only another person can push me to despair. And only another person can push me to hope. Its my choice.

I've been fighting my entire adult life for men and women everywhere to be equal and to be different. But there is one right I would not grant anyone. And that is the right to be indifferent.

A word is worth a thousand pictures.

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.