The whole community must be saved [in Tibet].

What is Scripture? The Hebrew word is torah. Torah means teaching, learning.

The Bible is interpreted by the Talmud. Except, in Rabbinic tradition, a Talmudic law has the weight of the Biblical law. Sometimes we say in a prayer, "Blessed are Thou, O God, who has ordered us and commended us," to do something. But you don't find that "something" in the Bible; you find it in the Talmud. So Talmudic law becomes as important as Biblical law.

He wants to see whether we are capable of overcoming out base instincts, of killing the Satan within ourselves. We have no right to despair. And if he punishes us mercilessly, it is a sign that He loves us that much more.

Except if it has some historical meaning for them to have Tibet under their control. I don't understand why [ Chinese] want it so much.

No commandment surpasses the one concerning the liberation of hostages, for they are among the starving, the thirsting, the stripped, always in danger of death.

I developed an anger at [Moses] Mendelssohn. Later, I read the book. I realized there was nothing subversive in it.