I have one request: may I never use my reason against truth.

Except that a human being is both the public and the private. We are both, private and public in the same person.

I imagine, like all his predecessors, Barak Obama would like to achieve greatness in bringing peace in the Middle East. I hope it will not be at the expense of Israel.

"Am I my brother's keeper?" There you have the whole Biblical understanding that you are your brother's keeper. You also have a whole other understanding in which you are not your brother's keeper. And I've heard some extremely bright people take this position.

There is much to be done, there is much that can be done... one person of integrity can make a difference.

I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.

I would hesitate to give advice to the Dalai Lama and his people because they are suffering. The Dalai Lama suffered from exile and the people in Tibet suffer from oppression.