David Ben-Gurion Quotes

"Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence."

on Wisdom

"We have preserved the book, and the book has preserved us."

on Writing

"In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles."

on Philosophy

"Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared."

on Courage

"Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs."

on Writing

"The past is our very being."

on History