..you do not leave a library; if you do what it wants you to do, you are taking it with you.

You're at the bottom of the mountain. May you climb up without suffering.

Bread, soup - these were my whole life. I was a body. Perhaps less than that even: a starved stomach. The stomach alone was aware of the passage of time.

I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table.

Indifference is the sign of sickness, a sickness of the soul more contagious than any other.

I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it.

It takes more than a few generations to change a human nation. Those who are intent to bring (change) will do so.