"What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically."

"I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason."

"I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory."

"I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table."

"Great leaders cultivate leaders, not merely followers. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War."

"In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words."

"The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise."