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And to write is to sow and to reap at the same time.
It's not hatred that kills people, it's indifference
The opposite of faith is not heresy but indifference
There is no word in Hebrew for religion, by the way.
There are no accidents, only encounters with destiny!
If the victims are my problem, the killers are yours.
The opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Occasionally, I come to moments of anguish in the text.
When our center is strong, everything else is secondary.
Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words
The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You dont die of it.
After my father's death, nothing could touch me any more.
The sins I regret the most are the one's I didn't commit.
I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table.
Which is worse? Killing with hate or killing without hate?
Warmed-over loves and soups are generally not recommended.
Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
Life belongs to man, but the meaning of life is beyond him.
I spent most of my time talking to God more than to people.
Whatever you think in life... think higher and feel deeper.
Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.
Had the situation not been so tragic, we might have laughed.
What would the future of man be if it were devoid of memory?
What do all my books have in common? A commitment to memory.
Those who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow.
I have one request: may I never use my reason against truth.
I had my religious crisis after the war, not during the war.
To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
The primary task of a Jew in turbulent times is to be Jewish.
Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
People become the stories they hear and the stories they tell.
[Moses] Mendelssohn was a religious Jew. I felt sorry for him.
Which is better, truth that is a lie or the lie that is truth?
I have a tremendous respect for Professor [Frank Moore] Cross.
To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
You would be amazed at the number of doors a Nobel Prize opens.
Memory feeds a culture, nourishes hope and makes a human, human.
My God was never happiness, but to understand and be understood.
I believe in the story [ of Adam and Eve]. For me, it's a story.
We've sort of agreed that the account of Adam and Eve is a story.
Because I survived, I must do everything possible to help others.
I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be truthful.
I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life.
every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer . . .
When I see a child who is hungry, I see a person who is humiliated.
I think that human beings are capable of the worst things possible.
Not all games are innocent. Some come dangerously close to cruelty.
The more you ask certain questions, the more dangerous they become.