At the age of nineteen and a half, I went to the Land of Israel to till its soil and live by the labour of my hands. As I did not find work, I sought my livelihood elsewhere.

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.

Vigorous writing is concise.

There is a huge difference between work and a job

I guess people might just get tired of my face.

Eroticism is one of the basic means of self-knowledge, as indispensable as poetry.

All the pictures on the walls, they all white as lilies and smiling like alligators.

I think writers are not only writers, they are also citizens.

The Stoics also teach that God is unity, and that he is called Mind and Fate and Jupiter, and by many other names besides.

For me a thriller is a very carefully structured story.

We must have...a place where children can have a whole group of adults they can trust.

I love being objected to. It worries me, but I love being objected to.