Clergyman's

ithout an agreement imposed from the outside, our situation will deteriorate to that of a second Vietnam, to a war in constant escalation without the prospect of ultimate resolution.
- Yeshayahu Leibowitz

Only the prayer which one prays as the observance of a Mitzvah is religiously significant. The spontaneous prayer a man prays of his own accord is, of course, halakhically permissible, but, like the performance of any act which has not been prescribed, its religious value is limited. As a religious act it is even faulty, since he who prays to satisfy his needs sets himself up as an end, as though God were a means for promotion of his welfare.
- Yeshayahu Leibowitz

Only the prayer which one prays as the observance of a Mitzvah is religiously significant. The spontaneous prayer a man prays of his own accord is, of course, halakhically permissible, but, like the performance of any act which has not been prescribed, its religious value is limited. As a religious act it is even faulty, since he who prays to satisfy his needs sets himself up as an end, as though God were a means for promotion of his welfare.
- Yeshayahu Leibowitz

The formulation ""ways to faith"" could be interpreted as implying that faith is a conclusion a person may come to after pondering certain facts about the world-facts about history, nature, or consciousness. If that were the case, one could lead a person to this conclusion by presenting these facts to him and pointing out their implications. I, however, do not regard religious faith as a conclusion. It is rather an evaluative decision that one makes, and, like all evaluations, it does not result from any information one has acquired, but is a commitment to which one binds himself. In other words, faith is not a form of cognition; it is a conative element of consciousness.
- Yeshayahu Leibowitz

The formulation ""ways to faith"" could be interpreted as implying that faith is a conclusion a person may come to after pondering certain facts about the world-facts about history, nature, or consciousness. If that were the case, one could lead a person to this conclusion by presenting these facts to him and pointing out their implications. I, however, do not regard religious faith as a conclusion. It is rather an evaluative decision that one makes, and, like all evaluations, it does not result from any information one has acquired, but is a commitment to which one binds himself. In other words, faith is not a form of cognition; it is a conative element of consciousness.
- Yeshayahu Leibowitz

Our security has been diminished rather than enhanced as a result of the conquests in this war.
- Yeshayahu Leibowitz

Not every ""return to Zion"" is a religiously significant achievement: one sort of return which may be described in the words of the prophet: ""When you returned you defiled my land and made my heritage an abomination"" .
- Yeshayahu Leibowitz

Not every ""return to Zion"" is a religiously significant achievement: one sort of return which may be described in the words of the prophet: ""When you returned you defiled my land and made my heritage an abomination"" .
- Yeshayahu Leibowitz

Security"" is a reality only where there is true peace between neighbors, as in the case of Holland/Belgium, Sweden/Norway, the United States/Canada.  In the absence of peace there is no security, and no geographic-strategic settlement on the land can change this.  There is no direct link between security and the territories.
- Yeshayahu Leibowitz

The religion of halakhic practice is the religion of life itself.
- Yeshayahu Leibowitz