In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.

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

For me [Patriarchs] exist. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob exist today. They are people that you see with white beards. I have no doubt of their existence.

A man who is fighting for the future of mankind is not waiting for torture, he's waiting for -- the Revolution.

I personally have no doubt that the Exodus occurred. How it occurred, I don't know.

I was never without a book in my hand.

Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of words that have been spoken during the day takes on a new and deeper meaning. The tragedy of man is that he doesn't know how to distinguish between day and night. He says things at night that should only be said by day.