“Of the approximately nine hundred thousand Palestinians living in the territories designated by the UN as a Jewish state, only one hundred thousand remained on or near their lands and homes. Those who remained became the Palestinian minority in Israel. The rest were expelled, or fled under the threat of expulsion, and a few thousand died in massacres.” 

“It cannot be maintained that empirical science provides a complete explanation of life, the interplay of all creatures and the whole of reality.” 

“God is in everyone’s life. Even if the life of a person has been a disaster, even if it is destroyed by vices, drugs, or anything else—God is in this person’s life. You can, you must try to seek God in every human life.” 

“The kind of work that should be the main part of life is the kind of work you would want to do if you weren't being paid for it. It's work that comes out of your own internal needs, interests and concerns.” 

“Don't be obsessed with tactics but with purpose. Tactics have a half life.” 

“Life flows through our relations with others.” 

“The corrupt man is the one who sins but does not repent, who sins and pretends to be Christian, and it is this double life that is scandalous. The corrupt man does not know humility, he does not consider himself in need of help, he leads a double life.” 

“I have a burden on my soul. During my long life, I did not make anyone happy, neither my friends, nor my family, nor even myself. I have done many evil things...I was the cause of the beginning of three big wars. About 800,000 people were killed because of me on the battlefields., and their mothers, brothers, and widows cried for them. And now this stands between me and God.” 

“The Balkans aren't worth the life of a single Pomeranian grenadier.” 

“We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.” 

“Life is like being at the dentist. You always think that the worst is still to come, and yet it is over already.” 

“Life is like being at the dentist. You always think the worst is still to come, and it is over already” 

“The greatest burden for the working class is uncertainty of life. They can never be certain that they will have a job, or that they will have heal and the ability to work. We cannot protect a man from all sickness and misfortune. - 73” 

“By welcoming a marginalized person whose body is wounded and by welcoming the sinner whose soul is wounded, we put our credibility as Christians on the line. Let us always remember the words of Saint John of the Cross: “In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.” 

“the unexamined life is not worth living” 

“Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught falsehoods in school. And the person that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool” 

“Living together is an art. It's a patient art, it's a beautiful art, it's fascinating.” 

“Even if the life of a person has been a disaster, even if it is destroyed by vices, drugs, or anything else—God is in this person’s life. You can, you must try to seek God in every human life. Although the life of a person is a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.” 

“It is not 'progressive' to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life.” 

I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.

“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life” 

You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot.

“In order for man to succeed in life, God provided him with two means, education and physical activity. Not separately, one for the soul and the other for the body, but for the two together. With these means, man can attain perfection.” 

“a life without investigation is not worth living”