If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.

Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.

You must never tire fighting Satan.

If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken legs.

Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.

Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.

I was a great dreamer of day dreams.

Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.

God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box.

Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.

The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.

The Angel of Death is always a young person, or a group of young people, you'll begin seeing them left and right soon.

It's important to attend funerals. It is important to view the body, they say, and to see it committed to earth or fire because unless you do that, the loved one dies for you again and again.

The idea is to make the ingredients sing, not a grand opera, but a jolly chanson.

Words lie. Blood doesn't.

Peter's face clouded. "Everything comes at a price. Or have you not learned that yet?

You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact.

I feel much safer with girls, so I felt more comfortable kissing her in the movie than kissing any of the other people that I had to kiss.

It's always necessary to seek for perfection. Obviously, for us, this word no longer has the same meaning. To me, it means: from one canvas to the next, always go further, further.

If you really want a life which has no boredom in it, drop all masks, be true. Sometimes it will be difficult, I know, but it is worth it. Be true.

I believe the U.S. already understands and will understand more and more that only a strong Russia will respond to the genuine interests of the United States.