Fanaticism in many lands has surfaced as the greatest threat to the world. Indifference to its consequences would be a serious mistake.

If there is a single theme that dominates all my writings, all my obsessions, it is that of memory-because I fear forgetfulness as much as hatred and death.

A word is worth a thousand pictures.

We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.

Even if people tell me they have historical proof [that it is not historical], that doesn't really bother me.

Though we talk peace, we wage war. Sometimes we even wage war in the name of peace. Does that seem paradoxical? Well, war is not afraid of paradoxes.

You're at the bottom of the mountain. May you climb up without suffering.