Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.

Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.

Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.

One day when I was able to get up, I decided to look at myself in the mirror on the opposite wall. I had not seen myself since the ghetto. From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me.

Look, if I were alone in the world, I would have the right to choose despair, solitude and self-fulfillment. But I am not alone.

I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance.

I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it.