A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent.

First we must understand that there can be no life without risk - and when our center is strong, everything else is secondary, even the risks.

Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.

It's easier to be conformist naturally; it's easier except for those who don't like conformism.

In the beginning was belief, foolish belief, and faith, empty faith, and illusion, the terrible illusion. ... We believed in God, had faith in man, and lived with the illusion that in each one of us is a sacred spark from the fire of the shekinah, that each one carried in his eyes and in his soul the sign of God. This was the source—if not the cause—of all our misfortune.

I think [teacher] is the noblest profession.

I was there when God was put on trial....At the end of the trial, they used the word chayav, rather than 'guilty'. It means 'He owes us something'. Then we went to pray.