Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.

Peace is our gift to each other.

I would like to see real peace and a state of Israel living peacefully alongside a state of Palestine.

On a strictly military level, the operation is a success. For that, and for his brave decision to pursue peace even at present political cost, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon deserves praise. But starting now, Israelis and Palestinians must face the question: What next?

I still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted by the enemies of mankind. And I continue to cling to words because it is up to us to transform them into instruments of comprehension rather than contempt. It is up to us to choose whether we wish to use them to curse or to heal, to wound or to console.