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

Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.

There is divine beauty in learning... To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps.

Not to remember is not an option.

I remember when I heard the words "Biblical criticism" in my town, it was with disdain: "Biblical criticism? How dare you?".

Man asks and God replies but we don't understand his replies because they dwell in the depths of our souls and remain there until we die.

When I see a child who is hungry, I see a person who is humiliated.