I dreamt we walked together along the shore. We made satisfying small talk and laughed. This morning I found sand in my shoe and a seashell in my pocket. Was I only dreaming?

It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.

I know that you that you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. If you accept that you have been defeated, you give power to the force that is trying to defeat you.

Tragedy, no matter how sad, becomes boring to those not caught in its addictive caress.

At one time, you could sit on the Rue de la Paix in Paris or at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv or in Medina and you could see a person come in, black, white, it didn't matter. You said, 'That's an American' because there's a readiness to smile and to talk to people.

Would you deny your son or your daughter the ecstasy of finding someone to love?

Everyone grows old but not everyone grows up.