A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.

Something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.

Listen carefully to what country people call mother wit. In those homely sayings are couched the collective wisdom of generations.

The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

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.

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.