I was convinced that hatred among nations and among people perished in Auschwitz. It didn't. The victims died but the haters are still here.

Why is war such an easy option? Why does peace remain such an elusive goal? We know statesmen skilled at waging war, but where are those dedicated enough to humanity to find a way to avoid war

As you know, I describe Shirat ha-Yam as part of an epic story that has qualities of history and which also has qualities of the mythological, of an epic.

My students are very special. They are my source of pride, my source of joy, my source of hope. I am terribly fond of my students.

Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to life as long as God himself

No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions.

Except if it has some historical meaning for them to have Tibet under their control. I don't understand why [ Chinese] want it so much.