I was not born to be prime minister, and I'm not going to stay here until the end of my life. I'm too young for that.

Who thinks seriously that if we sit on another hilltop, on another hundred meters, that this is what will make the difference for the state of Israel's basic security?

There is no ceasefire. There will not be any ceasefire.

The military operation in Lebanon was the most successful military operation in recent Israeli history. Many in Israel don't recognise that.

Leadership is tested not by one's capacity to survive politically but by the ability to make tough decisions in trying times.

Israeli lives are worth more than Palestinian ones.

When you fight for the impossible, sometimes you lose everything.

The formula for the parameters of a unilateral solution are: To maximize the number of Jews; to minimize the number of Palestinians; not to withdraw to the 1967 border and not to divide Jerusalem.

For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace.

I have to think about the possible ramifications of an early retirement.

Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.

Get used to it. Life doesn't give, it takes. Anything worth having is worth fighting for.

From within the abysmal depths of a heart, the soul echoes A Lover's Tale of an Eternal Love (Through the Darkness, WIth Love - Vol. 1)

I just want to help people do better research.

I actually can't think of anything worse than being famous... Fame really distorts your perception of yourself.

You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.

Using a dog as a narrator has limitations and it has advantages. The limitations are that a dog cannot speak. A dog has no thumbs. A dog can't communicate his thoughts except with gestures.

I don't really make decisions, I go with the flow.

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.

If I was able to tell my story with the passion I felt, my lecture might help others find a path to fulfilling their own dreams.