“A day will come when other Israelis will be launched into space in the service of science and progress. For them and for us, Ilan Ramon will always be a source of inspiration as Israel's space pion...”

“There is a famous saying: 'It's hard to be a Jew.' It's also hard to be a Palestinian. I know that.”

“The strength that I have comes from irrigating the citrus plantation, ploughing in the vineyard, guarding the melon fields at night. I believe that's what gave me the strength.”

“My strength never came from political echelons, it came from the family. And from the fields and the lands and the flowers and everything I see there. My strength came from there.”

“You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withstand things that you may think you cannot tolerate. But I have the strength.”

“I was born on a farm. My strength has nothing to do with political apparatus. I get my strength from nature, from flowers.”

“In life, there are no mistakes, only lessons.”

“You have to know your own mind inside out before you can know the minds of others.”

“You may be to call up the entire encyclopedia, but a brain with no heart and no reasoning .. well, nothing is more meaningless.”

“He knew that all the hazards and perils were now drawing together to a point: the next day would be a day of doom, the day of final effort or disaster, the last gasp.”

“Conclusion 1:Boredom= Flared tempers= hard words”

“I am slowly coming to the conclusion that its more important to learn to work with what youve got, under the circumstances youve been given, than wishing for different ones.”

“Don't seek love externally, it's fleeting. Go beyond the ego and awaken thelove that already exists within; it will encompass everyone andeverything in your life; it will permeate your very being.”

“There is no use being alive if one must work. The event from which each of us is entitled to expect the revelation of his own lifes meaning - that event which I may not yet have found, but on whose...”

“There is a greater purpose to living which is found in the spirit, which is the Being, and that purpose is worth living for.”