God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings.

The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda.

The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.

Nothing can doom man but the belief in doom, for this prevents the movement of return.

Without being and remaining oneself, there is no love.

There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say.

When people come to you for help, do not turn them off with pious words, saying, 'Have faith and take your troubles to God.' Act instead as though there were no God, as though there were only one person in the world who could help -- only yourself.