John Paul II called us Jews the older brothers of Christians. He represented humanity, dialogue and reconciliation, and he laid the foundation for religions to work together.

Our family has lived in Iran for 2,500 years, and Iranian Jewry has the long history in that land.

I have strong sentiments toward Iran, since I distinguish between the Iranian regime and the Iranian people. I highly esteem Iranian music and culture.

I am sure the majority of Iranians want a peace agreement with Israel and want Iran to integrate with the international community and accept its universal values.

Iran stands behind a substantial number of terrorist actions against us, together with Hizballah and the Islamic Jihad. It pretends to care for the Palestinians.

There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community is becoming more hostile toward it.

The Holocaust is not only a tragedy of the Jewish people, it is a failure of humanity as a whole.

Persian social manners are well known, and there is no other society that can compete with them.

The Hamas organization is unwilling to honor the obligations that the Palestinian Authority has signed.

The international community is unwilling to accept the policies of the Iranian regime.

Apparently Iran thinks that it can continue to deceive the world in order to reach its goals.

Be sure that your motive in praying is to glorify God.

How forcible are right words!

When the need to succeed is as bad as the need to breathe, then you'll be successful.

Your next step is simple. You are the first domino.

My unlimited desire to create stuff surpasses the advancement in hardware power.

We favor hypotheses for their simplicity and explanatory power, much as the architect of the world might have done in choosing which possibility to create.

Fish must swim thrice--once is the water, a second time in the sauce, and a third time in wine in the stomach.

Dream on it. Let your mind take you to places you would like to go, and then think about it and plan it and celebrate the possibilities. And don't listen to anyone who doesn't know how to dream.

The ocean is interacting with the surface. There is a possible biosphere that extends from way below the surface to just above the crust.

The fundamentalists are insistent that they know best. It's a dictatorial attitude towards personal morality, which is a modern creation that came about in the 19th century.