The story [of the Sacrifice of Isaac ] is much more a part of theology than of history.

The sins I regret the most are the one's I didn't commit.

I'm not a military man. I wish I were, then maybe I could give some advice.

Fanaticism is the greatest threat today. Literally, the 21st century threatened by fanatics, and we have fanatics in every religion, unfortunately, and what can we do against them? Words nothing else, I'm against violence but only words.

With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I do not believe any civilized society should be at the service of death. I don't think it's human to become an agent of the angel of death.

Sometimes I think I prefer the storyteller in [Roman Vishniac] to the photographer. But aren't they one and the same?

You're at the bottom of the mountain. May you climb up without suffering.