I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life.

I came to the conclusion that I am free to choose my own suffering. But I am not free to consent to someone else's suffering.

In Jewish history there are no coincidences.

One thing is that [Tibetans] should not give up hope. That's - even [if] it lasts a century. My discussions with the Dalai Lama always were about that.

[ Rabbi Shlomo ben Isaac] was the greatest commentator [of the Bible] we ever had.

Even in darkness it is possible to create light.

I want to go back to the child I used to be, and to read with the same naiveté [the Pentateuch]. I want to leave science aside and go back to the pure perception offered to me in the text that is waiting there for me year after year.