Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings... - Elie Wiesel

"A disciple came to the celebrated Master of the Good Name with a question. “Rabbi, how are we to distinguish between a true master and a fake?” And the master of the good name said, “When you meet a person who poses as a master, ask him a question: whether he knows how to purify your thoughts. If he says that he knows, then he is a fake."

"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."

"Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write."

"Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another."

"Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing."