"I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers."

"Time has been transformed, and we have changed it has advanced and set us in motion it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration."

"It is a profound truth that fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents."

"Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up."

"When I went into 'Fiddler,' I wondered about the response I'd get - the backlash because I'm openly gay. There was none. I toured Canada and America, and not one single review suggested that I played the role gay or that I seemed anything but Tevye."

"I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying but because it's the only time of the day when I'm alone and don't have to be performing."

"Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both."