He wants to see whether we are capable of overcoming out base instincts, of killing the Satan within ourselves. We have no right to despair. And if he punishes us mercilessly, it is a sign that He loves us that much more.

My God was never happiness, but to understand and be understood.

What [Franz] Kafka says about the Tower of Babel: In the beginning there were actually many languages, and then as a punishment God gave the world a single language. And then they stopped understanding each other.

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.

My faith is a wounded faith, but my life is not without faith. I didn't divorce God, but I'm quarrelling and arguing and questioning, it's a wounded faith.

For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.

Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.