Israel is a democratic state with an independent judiciary, a free press and a diverse population of many cultures, religions and creeds.

Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business, football manager or prime minister, but rather: bus driver.

In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

Make space in your life for the things that matter, for family and friends, love and generosity, fun and joy. Without this, you will burn out in mid-career and wonder where your life went.

No great achiever - even those who made it seem easy - ever succeeded without hard work.

When money rules, we remember the price of things and forget the value of things, and that is dangerous.

I believe faith is not certainty but the courage to live with uncertainty.

Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean.

The supreme religious challenge is to see God’s image in one who is not in our image.

In Judaism faith means wrestling with God as Jacob once wrestled with an angel.

A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not.

Why is everything always my decision?" I asked.Because you will not tolerate anything else."Oh, I remembered now. "Great", I whispered.- Anita to Jean-Claude

When you write, you write out of your best self. Everything else drops away.

We must find within us a happiness with ourselves which no one else can disturb. Otherwise we give them power over us.

It is brave to believe that you are a unique, precious young lady no matter what your feelings might be saying.

Don't lie to a liar,

Politics has never been for the thin-skinned or the faint-of-heart, and if you enter the arena, you should expect to get roughed up.

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.

Freethinkers are occasionally thoughtful, though never free.

Never have so many left so much to so few.

The ideal way to win a championship is step by step.