Iran is a major threat to the well-being of Europe and America just as much as it is for the state of Israel.

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.

To ascend the mountain, we must descend to our knees.

Learn to see the beauty in and around you. Learn to observe the beauty inside the mind.

Have greater compassion and empathy for others, and don't judge anyone, because you have no idea what's going on in their life.

When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all.

You think everybody's paying attention to what you're doing. No, they're paying attention to what's interesting to them.

People have to want to change before there's any chance of helping them do so.

I pick and choose what I want to do at any given time, and what not to do, importantly. My agents, I won't hear about any offers or options.

My mother hated me. Once she took me to an orphanage and told me to mingle

Obviously murder and graffiti are two vastly different crimes. But they are part of the same continuum, and a climate that tolerates one is more likely to tolerate the other.

I write constantly about everything.