I spent most of my time talking to God more than to people.

No human being is illegal. That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?

In my tradition, one must wait until one has learned a lot of Bible and Talmud and the Prophets to handle mysticism. This isn't instant coffee. There is no instant mysticism.

When I say it doesn't make much difference, I mean in terms of the importance of the piece of literature.

I've organised for the last years, since I got the Nobel Prize actually, Anatomy of Hate Conferences all over the world, what is hate. Didn't help but at least they explored it.

Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.

A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.