When I first began to combine letters other than Hebrew, I read every book in German that came my way, and from these I certainly received according to the nature of my soul.

After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.

If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after.

Our days on earth are like a shadow, and the time of our affliction is the length of our days.

Sometimes small things lead to great joys.

On everything you need to hear other people's opinions. It's the only way to do things. You ask a friend's advice and then between the two of you things somehow get clearer.

It is not enough for a man to dwell in the Land of Israel, he must also pray to be free.

But perhaps the truth newly discovered is itself only temporary and when new discoveries are made these truths too will be abandoned. But one truth remains for ever, and that is the search for truth.

Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk.

A home from which you can be ejected at any time is no true home.

But always I regarded myself as one who was born in Jerusalem.

All beings exist and nothing elseAnd that’s why they’re called beings

Every morning the sunrises to enlighten your heart so that a flower of hope can bloom in your garden.

The 'will to power and independence' has become so ubiquitous that it is now considered normal.

Goals never come easy. No one gives you goals.

Are not the mountains, waves, and skies as much a part of me, as I of them?

A warrior of light knows that certain impossible battles are worth fighting and so he/she is not afraid of being disappointed, knowing the power of his/her love.

I used to work for 12 or 14 hours at a time but the digital age has made such happy immersions almost impossible.

Today you will choose your factions. Until this point you have followed your parents’ paths, your parents’ rules. Today you will find your own path, make your own rules.

The force that propels the human spirit on the clear way forward and upward is the abstract spirit.

And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification