My good friends, we are all waiting. We are waiting, if not for the Messiah, as such, we are waiting for the messianic moment. And the messianic moment is what each and every one of us tries to build, meaning a certain area of humanity that links us to all those who are human and, therefore, desperately trying to fight despair as humanly as possible and - I hope - with some measure of success.

I remember when I heard the words "Biblical criticism" in my town, it was with disdain: "Biblical criticism? How dare you?".

I had my religious crisis after the war, not during the war.

I am much more afraid of my good deeds that please me than of my bad deeds that repel me.

When has religion ever been unifying? Religion has introduced many wars in this world, enough bloodshed and violence.

Oh, it is not death that frightens me, but the impossibility of imparting some meaning to my past.

We didn't really differ [with Frank Moore Cross] because we have the same love of the text. We share that love.