Literature is the memory of humanity.

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.

If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments.

What do these children do without storybooks?" Naftali asked. And Reb Zebulun replied: "They have to make do. Storybooks aren't bread. You can live without them." I couldn't live without them." Naftali said.

I am not ashamed to admit that I belong to those who fantasize that literature is capable of bringing new horizons and new perspectives--philosophical, religious, aesthetical and even social.

When a human being kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice.

Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation.