“I just realized that sleep sometimes is the only precious wage for the hard working man.”

“For twenty-seven years I was told and believed it to be true, that if you really liked someone, you'd wish her/him to 'stay the way s/he is'.Today I know that I was not wrong, but my view was limit...”

“To me bathtubs are the epitome of luxury. Either you have no money to own one or you have no time to use one.”

“Titles are granted or inherited, nobility isn't. Whatever paper we receive, be it of material or immaterial value it will never exceed the value of your character being loved by people!”

“Don't leave the dream, lead your dreams!”

“What if you'd live every day as if you were our society's future and hope?”

“If someone was going to kill someone dear to you, and you could stop that person by killing them instead, would you kill them, knowing it was an effective way to save your loved one?”

“You cannot sensibly expect a starving 'God-fearing' man to honor the 8th commandment.”

“Song of myselfNow I will do nothing but listen, To accrue what I hear into this song, to let sounds contribute toward it. I hear bravuras of birds, bustle of growing wheat, gossip of flames, clack ...”

“Learn when to talk and when to listen. If you're unsure, listen.”

“The Genie declared that in his time and place there were scientists of the passions who maintained that language itself, on the one hand, originated in 'infantile pregenital erotic exuberance, poly...”

“So many words get lost. They leave the mouth and lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days, you can hear their chorus rushing past...”

“You can listen to silence, Reuven. I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own. It talks to me sometimes. I feel myself aliv...”

“Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.”