Time is change, transformation, evolution.

Many refined people will not kill a fly, but eat an ox.

[About the diaspora] Canaan is too small for God's children. The Land of Israel will spread through all lands!

A people's memory is history; and as a man without a memory, so a people without a history cannot grow wiser, better.

In the second and third exiles we have served as a living protest against greed and hate, against physical force, against "might makes right"!

[About Jews] By nature we are like all other human beings, yet our people is unlike others, because our life is different, our history is different, our teacher is the Exile.

In this world it is very dangerous to be weak.

A letter depends on how you read it, a melody on how you sing it.

Prosperity may be found in small as in big business.

Ugliness is the greatest of all sins.

Youth is fair, a graceful stag, Leaping, playing in a park. Age is gray, a toothless hag, Stumbling in the dark.

The future depends on attitude, aptitude, and gratitude--not on knowledge.

My words express my feelings but not more than my heart.

Fame necessarily isn't really tied to success at all. Fame is just being recognized for doing what you do, whether it's good or bad. Osama bin Laden was famous.

We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don't see on my CV. The stuff that doesn't work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.

Your roots, your family, your friends all become so much more important to you as you get older, especially if you are a wandering minstrel like me.

I wanted nothing else than to make the object as perfect as possible.

In the case of archery, the hitter and the hit are no longer two opposing objects, but are one reality.

There are two sure ways to lose a friend, one is to borrow, the other to lend.

As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action.

One compensation of old age is that it excuses you from picnics.