In Jewish tradition the Talmud is said to have been given on Sinai.

Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.

Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.

My faith is a wounded faith, but it's not without faith. My life is not without faith.

Human beings all change. Not what they are but who they are. We have the power to change what we do with our life and turn it into our destiny.

Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.

I have learned two lessons in my life: first, there are no sufficient literary, psychological, or historical answers to human tragedy, only moral ones. Second, just as despair can come to one another only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.