All I hope is that the American coalition is doing its best to prevent civilian casualties and the killing of innocent people.

For the good of all, I say: Be careful, the brutality of the world must not be more powerful or attractive than love and friendship.

Man, by definition, is born a stranger: coming from nowhere, he is thrust into an alien world which existed before him-a world which didn't need him. And which will survive him.

There are so many who know more than I do, who understand the world better than I do. I would be truly learned, a great scholar, if only I could retain everything I've learned from those I have known. But then would I still be me? And isn't all that only words? Words grow old, too; they change their meaning and their usage. They get sick just as we do; they die of their wounds and then they are relegated to the dust of dictionaries. And where am I in all this?

I think [Sacrifice of Isaac] is the most important event in the Bible except for Sinai.

The more we know, the more pain we have. But because we are human beings, this must be. Otherwise we become objects rather than subjects.

Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us.