It is true that we aspire to our ancient land. But what we want in that ancient land is a new blossoming of the Jewish spirit.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.

A true Zen saying: ‘Nothing is what I want.

The more you ask certain questions, the more dangerous they become.

Some stories are true that never happened.

Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.

What I said the other day, you looking like me, that ain’t true. You ain’t ugly like me, it’s just that we both have got scars.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world – not even out of trouble.

the return of the Sun after a total eclipse, the rising of the Sun in the morning after its troublesome absence at night were noted by people around the world; these phenomena spoke to our ancestors of the possibility of surviving death. Up there in the skies was also a metaphor of immortality.

What’s the use you learning to do right when it’s troublesome to do right and ain’t no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?