There is a guilty conscience behind every brazen word and act and behind every manifestation of self-righteousness.

I have a premonition that will not leave me: as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish, the holocaust will be upon us.

It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.

Love-making is radical, while marriage is conservative.

Vehemence is the expression of a blind effort to support and uphold something that can never stand on its own. Whether it is our own meaningless self we are upholding, or some doctrine devoid of evidence, we can do it only in a frenzy of faith.

There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother's keeper will end up by being his jail-keeper.

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.