Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.

There is Israel, for us at least. What no other generation had, we have. We have Israel in spite of all the dangers, the threats and the wars, we have Israel. We can go to Jerusalem. Generations and generations could not and we can.

In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous.

Sometimes I think I prefer the storyteller in [Roman Vishniac] to the photographer. But aren't they one and the same?

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

The term is piqua nevish [?] it means to save a soul, to save a life. And that commandment supersedes all others. It means literally you may violate almost everything except, I think, three commandments of the heart, 613, - you may do anything, violate any commandment and the injunction simply to save a human life. And there are enough lives to be saved in - in Tibet.

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