“There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.”

It’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do?.. Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either.

The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.

Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.

There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy anymore.

It isn’t enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.

It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.

We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.

Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.

Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.

It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don’t want victories anymore.

Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.

Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?

We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others.

Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.

One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

I rather live as if God exists to find out that He doesn’t than live as if he doesn’t exist to find out He does.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.

Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.

Differences will always exist, but division doesn’t always have to result.

A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.

Does not Eternity appear dreadful to you. I often get to thinking of it and it seems so dark to me that I almost wish there was no Eternity. To think that we must forever live and never cease to be. It seems as if Death would be a relief to so endless a state of existence.