The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings. - Martin Buber

Everyone must come out of his Exile in his own way.

You do not attain to knowledge by remaining on the shore and watching the foaming waves, you must make the venture and cast yourself in, you must swim, alert and with all your force, even if a moment comes when you think you are losing consciousness; in this way, and in no other, do you reach anthropological insight.

When I was young, I admired people who were clever. Now that I am old, I admire people who are kind.