You’re shaking … so am I. It’s because of Jerusalem, isn’t it? One doesn’t go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. That’s one of its mysteries.

I don't want my past to become anyone else's future.

My teachers [ had the most impact in my life]. Of course, my father and grandfather, but after my family, my teachers.

It's easier to be conformist naturally; it's easier except for those who don't like conformism.

The opposite of faith is not heresy but indifference

Every moment contains a spark of eternity.

Everything is in it: the promise and the hope and the fear and the challenge and the defiance. The test is a double test: Just as God tested Abraham, Abraham tested God: "Let's see if you really want me to go ahead with it and kill my son." Then the angel says, "Do not raise your hand against the boy" [Genesis 22:12]. It was the Angel of God who says this, not God. God was embarrassed. [All laugh]