"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."

"Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe."

"I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory."

"Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings."

"It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements."

"There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's finger on man's shoulder."

"No, the religion of Jesus is a social religion."

"Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head."