Life belongs to man, but the meaning of life is beyond him.

Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.

I thought that culture and education are the shield. An educated person cannot do certain things and, and be educated, you cannot, and there they were, killing children day after day.

We are all brothers and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive. (pg. 39)

I make a difference between genocide and Holocaust. Holocaust was mainly Jewish, that was the only people, to the last Jew, sentenced to die for one reason, for being Jewish, that's all. Genocide is something else. Genocide has been actually codified by the United Nations. It's the intent of killing, the intent of killing people, a community in this culture so forth, but no other people has been really interested.

Indifference is the sign of sickness, a sickness of the soul more contagious than any other.

My teachers [ had the most impact in my life]. Of course, my father and grandfather, but after my family, my teachers.