Whether every story that's there [in the Bible] is a historic truth ... Again, I'm not concerned.

It's not a weapon, [governments] don't kill, they don't conduct massacres, although massacres have been committed and many people were killed, but they stifle religion, they're afraid probably.

When adults wage war, children perish.

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

I believe in the story [ of Adam and Eve]. For me, it's a story.

I've organised for the last years, since I got the Nobel Prize actually, Anatomy of Hate Conferences all over the world, what is hate. Didn't help but at least they explored it.

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.