For me [Patriarchs] exist. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob exist today. They are people that you see with white beards. I have no doubt of their existence.

When you die and go to heaven our maker is not going to ask, 'why didn't you discover the cure for such and such? why didn't you become the Messiah?' The only question we will be asked in that precious moment is 'why didn't you become you?'

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

You shouldn’t act as a spokesperson for someone who’s trying to impose his will on you.

The books I have read were composed by generations of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, teachers and disciples. I am the sum total of their experiences, and so are you.

For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share.

I believe a human being - if he or she wants to remain human, then he or she must do something with what we have seen, endured, witnessed.