To face despair and not give in to it, that's courage.

People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media.

Pessimists calculate the odds. Optimists believe they can overcome them.

There is something very very special, universal and easily identifiable among all Jews; it is beyond territory, it is something we all have in common

You can almost measure where you are in life by the degree to which you have begun looking back rather than ahead.

Terrorism is simply the weapon by which the weak engage the strong.

Aspire to decency. Practice civility toward one another. Admire and emulate ethical behavior wherever you find it. Apply a rigid standard of morality to your lives; and if, periodically, you fail ­ as you surely will adjust your lives, not the standards.