“A man who denies his past is a man who truly denies himself a future, for he refuses to know himself, and to deny knowledge of oneself is to stumble through life as handicapped as the blind mute.”

“I think the nature of faith is love an love of the goodness in man.”

“We cannot choose the times we live in. Just as, sometimes, we cannot choose whom we love.”

“I am reminded of the belief of the ancient Sephardic doctor Isrealicus: that food must really be delicious if both disposition and body are to benefit.”

“Indeed, you become what you eat. In which case I am an onion. Layered, slightly sour and guaranteed to bring tears to the eyes.”

“...I vow that nothing- no law, no army, no faith- will keep me from your side.”

“Information is the mortar that both builds and destroys empires”