It may well be that our means are fairly limited and our possibilities restricted when it comes to applying pressure on our government But is this a reason to do nothing? Despair is nor an answer Neither is resignation Resignation only leads to indifference, which is not merely a sin but a punishment.

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.

Life is really fascinated only by death. It vibrates only when it comes in contact with death.

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.

My interpretation is different. God asks Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" [Genesis 4:9] And Cain answers "Lo yadati, "I don't know" or "I didn't know." Then comes a period, followed by "Am I my brother's keeper?"

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

The primary task of a Jew in turbulent times is to be Jewish.