When I remember thee in days to come, O Jerusalem, it will not be with pleasure. The musty deposits of 2,000 years of inhumanity, intolerance, and uncleanliness lie in the foul-smelling alleys... The amiable dreamer of Nazareth has only contributed to increasing the hatred... What superstition and fanaticism on every side!

I prefer being penetrated by iron to seeing Palestine is loose.

The character of a people may be ruined by charity.

It is true that we aspire to our ancient land. But what we want in that ancient land is a new blossoming of the Jewish spirit.

Realists are, as a rule, only men in the rut of routine who are incapable of transcending a narrow circle of antiquated notions.

Whoever would change men must change the conditions of their lives.

Dreams and actions are not so different as usually thought, as all actions of men are founded upon dreams, and their end - is a dream too.