What is Scripture? The Hebrew word is torah. Torah means teaching, learning.

What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically.

[Moses] Mendelssohn was a religious Jew. I felt sorry for him.

I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.

With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I do not believe any civilized society should be at the service of death. I don't think it's human to become an agent of the angel of death.

To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.

Only one enemy is worse than despair: indifference. In every area of human creativity, indifference is the enemy; indifference of evil is worse than evil, because it is also sterile.