It's for the Palestinians to decide who will lead them.

Frustration is not a work plan.

A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there.

Under questioning, a terrorist should be made to yield.

You can't ignore reality. You won't wake up one morning and find that the Arabs of Umm al-Faham have become part of Palestine and are no longer in Israel.

We don't realize that we face a frustrating situation in which we win every battle, but we lose the war.

In moments of pain, we seek revenge.

The Labor Party is a party with no ideals, regulations or laws, and it is a party I will not be a part of.

I am not entering politics to be another Knesset member. If I enter the political arena I want to be prime minister. Period.

An order to fire on people that do not fire on you is a completely illegal order.

The Labor Party is a body that does not seek political life, and does not fight for its life.

I laugh at him, and behind us, several Inquisitors stir in surprise at the sound. Only Magiano can coax joy out of me so easily.

Every child matures, which is both a blessing and a damn shame. Children can imagine worlds that never exist, worlds far more interesting and consoling than an adult knows.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Anyone who does not in their way of interpreting events around the world is an infidel, regardless if you're a Muslim or you're not a Muslim. That doesn't matter.

It's a question we all ask ourselves. What have we done lately? It rattles us each birthday.

How imperceptibly the first springing takes place!

Paint yourself into a corner so that you don't have any other option but to continue forward.

I had a weimaraner for 11 years called China, and he was a great dog, a bit mad. They're massive, weimaraners; they've got big floppy ears. They look like a pointer, but they're liver-coloured.

This is the feeling for syllable and rhythm, penetrating far below the conscious levels of thought and feeling, invigorating every word.