Writing is like a sculpture where you remove, you eliminate, in order to make the work visible. Even those pages you remove somehow remain

In my tradition, one must wait until one has learned a lot of Bible and Talmud and the Prophets to handle mysticism. This isn't instant coffee. There is no instant mysticism.

Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.

In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.

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

For nearly 3,500 years Exodus has left such an imprint on people's memories that I cannot imagine it had been invented just as a legend or a tale.

But where was I to start? The world is so vast, I shall start with the country I knew best, my own. But my country is so very large. I had better start with my town. But my town, too, is large. I had best start with my street. No, my home. No, my family. Never mind, I shall start with myself.