A Jew must be sensitive to the pain of all human beings. A Jew cannot remain indifferent to human suffering... The mission of the Jewish people has never been to make the world more Jewish, but to make it more human.

I'd rather speak as a student of philosophy. Philosophically it makes no sense, absolutely makes no sense. Why should people inherit evil things when their memories could contain and should invoke good things?

Education in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century.

Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins.

For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.

I did not weep, and it pained me that i could not weep. But I had no more tears. And, in the depths of my being, in the recesses of my weakened conscience, could I have searched it, I might perhaps have found something like--free at last!

For the good of all, I say: Be careful, the brutality of the world must not be more powerful or attractive than love and friendship.