[ Rabbi Shlomo ben Isaac] was the greatest commentator [of the Bible] we ever had.

I've organised for the last years, since I got the Nobel Prize actually, Anatomy of Hate Conferences all over the world, what is hate. Didn't help but at least they explored it.

We are all brothers and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive. (pg. 39)

It's not only America. Terrorism now is a threat to the whole world.

There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

My students are very special. They are my source of pride, my source of joy, my source of hope. I am terribly fond of my students.

Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.