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

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

Peace is our gift to each other.

When you see the abyss, and we have looked into it, then what? There isn't much room at the edge -- one person, another, not many. If you are there, others cannot be there. If you are there, you become a protective wall. What happens? You become part of t

In the concentration camps, we discovered this whole universe where everyone had his place. The killer came to kill, and the victims came to die.

My faceless neighbor spoke up: “Don’t be deluded. Hitler has made it clear that he will annihilate all Jews before the clock strikes twelve.” I exploded: “What do you care what he said? Would you want us to consider him a prophet? His cold eyes stared at me. At last he said, wearily: “I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.

I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.