Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

I think [Sacrifice of Isaac] is the most important event in the Bible except for Sinai.

The opposite of faith is not heresy but indifference

We know, for instance, of "The Book of the Wars of the Lord." It is mentioned in the text [Numbers 21:14]. There was a book: Where is it? One day you will dig and you will maybe find it. [Laughter]

It's not only America. Terrorism now is a threat to the whole world.

[Friedrich] Nietzsche said something marvellous, he said "Madness is not a consequence of uncertainty but of certainty", and this is fanaticism.

I do not believe in collective guilt.