Naturally, the human being wants to forget pain.

What would the future of man be if it were devoid of memory?

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.

The more we know, the more pain we have. But because we are human beings, this must be. Otherwise we become objects rather than subjects.

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.

Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.

We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children. Between the ugliness of hate and the will to oppose it. Between inflicting suffering and humiliation on our fellow man and offering him the solidarity and hope he deserves.