"I will make the land [so] desolate- This is [actually] a kindly measure for Israel, for their enemies will not find any satisfaction in their land, for it will be desolate of its inhabitants. (Leviticus 26,32)"

"So is the Land of Israel: It cannot sustain sinners (Leviticus 18,28)"

"Eretz Yisrael is higher than all the countries. (Genesis 45,9)"

"I come only to explain its simple meaning."

"Even a blind man realises when he is naked. So why does it say "And they realised that they were naked"? They had one commandment and were now naked of it."

"They were not aware of the way of modesty, to distinguish between good and bad. Even though there had been put in man knowledge to be able to call the animals names, there had not been put in him the drive towards evil."

"We learn from here the humility of the Holy One, Blessed is He. Since man is in the likeness of the angels, and they would be jealous of him, for this reason, He consulted them."

"The flavour of a fish which comes out of the sea at Acre is not similar to the flavour of a fish which comes out of the sea in Spain."

"Outrageous luxury is what our clients want!"

"I learned my trade by going out every evening as a young man," he told art historian Rosamond Bernier. "I went to every pretty house in France and Italy and other places too, and I remembered them all, even down to what was on each little table."

"I study chess eight hours a day, on principle."

"Fortune favors the bold, especially when they are Alekhine."

"Alekhine is a poet who creates a work of art out of something that would hardly inspire another man to send home a picture post card."

"I can comprehend Alekhine's combinations well enough; but where he gets his attacking chances from and how he infuses such life into the very opening - that is beyond me."

"Alekhine's attacks came suddenly, like destructive thunderstorms that erupted from a clear sky."

"In playing through an Alekhine game one suddenly meets a move which simply takes one's breath away."

"The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered as an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the moment he committed the crime."

"Capablanca was the greatest talent, but Alekhine was the greatest in his achievements."

"It was impossible to win against Capablanca; against Alekhine it was impossible to play."

"During a chess competition a chess master should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk."

"Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents."

"Chess first of all teaches you to be objective."

"It's not the microwave that's the problem, it's what people put into them. I know people lead busy lives but they should try to sit their children down at the table once a week and cook them simple food."

"When you cook it should be an act of love. To put a frozen bag in the microwave for your child is an act of hate."

"If I can anyway contribute to the diversion or improvement of the country in which I live, I shall leave it, when I am summoned out of it, with the satisfaction of thinking that I have not lived in vain."

"I was suddenly arrested by what seemed to be an awful voice proclaiming the words, "Eternity! Eternity! Eternity!" It reached my very soul — my whole man shook — it brought me like Saul to the ground. The great depravity and sinfulness of my heart were set before me, and the gulf of everlasting destruction to which I was verging. I was made to bitterly cry out, "If there is no God — doubtless there is a hell." I found myself in the midst of it."

"I spent a night of watchfulness unto prayer, like Jacob, wrestling the whole night for the Lord's blessing, and towards morning the light of His countenance did very graciously arise upon me. My trust and confidence are renewed in Him, blessed and praised be His adorable name!"

"I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again."