As a result of the historic catastrophe in which Titus of Rome destroyed Jerusalem and Israel was exiled from its land, I was born in one of the cities of the Exile.

After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.

If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after.

Our days on earth are like a shadow, and the time of our affliction is the length of our days.

Sometimes small things lead to great joys.

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.

It is not enough for a man to dwell in the Land of Israel, he must also pray to be free.

But perhaps the truth newly discovered is itself only temporary and when new discoveries are made these truths too will be abandoned. But one truth remains for ever, and that is the search for truth.

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

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

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

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

We spent time on Burma and the need for the military regime there to understand that they shouldn't fear the voices of people. And yet they do.

You have only to forgive once. To resent, you have to doit all day, every day. You have to keep remembering all the bad things" Frank to Hannah Roennfeldt

There are no endings, only beginnings that have been reborn.

Fate is a ladder on which you cannot afford to miss a single rung. To skip out on even one step would mean you'll never make it to the top.

You will always be the bread and the knife, not to mention the crystal goblet and—somehow—the wine.

In college football brad, you know, when you make a first down, first downs that you have possession of aren't really that important because if you make a first down it stops the clock

Oh, I've got glitter in my hair. That's not all that's in my hair, I'll tell you that. I glue it on every morning, whether I need to or not.

The process of transformation consists mostly of decay.

You have to be 100% sure [about brexit] because there's no going back on Friday morning and your decision could cost someone else their job.