Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk.

Sometimes small things lead to great joys.

I returned to Jerusalem, and it is by virtue of Jerusalem that I have written all that God has put into my heart and into my pen.

I am generally ashamed to walk out in new clothes. And why am I ashamed? Is it because I don't want to embarrass the others who don't have new things? Or perhaps because a new coat makes you stand out, and you seem to be clothes and nothing else.

A home from which you can be ejected at any time is no true home.

On everything you need to hear other people's opinions. It's the only way to do things. You ask a friend's advice and then between the two of you things somehow get clearer.

But always I regarded myself as one who was born in Jerusalem.