Everything in this world is about conflict because this is the kind of world that humans are born into.

Resignation is what kills people. Once they've rejected resignation, humans gain the privilege of making humanity their footpath.

The Bird of Hermes is my name, eating my wings to make me tame.

Humans don't see what they don't want to see. No one wants to be put down. That's why people do nothing even when they do know something is happening.

No matter how many stones you throw at the water's surface, no matter how much you step on a shadow, the water's surface does not disappear, the shadow does not disappear.

He who is neither human nor demon is not the dawn nor the dusk.

Heaven no longer exists, nor does the earth.

Man cries, his tears dry up and run out. So he becomes a devil, reduced to a monster.

I wish I had been born a storm. No heart, no tears, just a terrible gale'd been good.

There is only one quality that makes humans truly human and that is their will.

Giving up is what kills people.

And I remembered something else that makes us human: faith, the only weapon in our arsenal to battle doubt.

Your child is least interested in what the report card says. All that matters to him / her is what you say on seeing the report card.

Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily this is not difficult.

Practice in life whatever you pray for and God will give it to you more abundantly.

There are not many good roles for women.

I love being a woman. I love the sexiness we get to exude. But the best thing about being a woman is the power we have over men.

Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light.

Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.

One cannot manage change. One can only be ahead of it.

Here's hoping all the days ahead, won't be as bitter as the one's behind you. Be an optimist instead, and somehow happiness will find you.