Theodore Bikel Quotes & Sayings

“No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.”

“You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.”

“No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation.”

“By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul.”

“All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.”

“No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations.”

“No doubt, unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed by mere declarations.”

“I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem it to be wrong.”

“Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?”

“After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could.”