every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer . . .

I came to the conclusion that I am free to choose my own suffering. But I am not free to consent to someone else's suffering.

Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed....Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.

First we must understand that there can be no life without risk - and when our center is strong, everything else is secondary, even the risks.

Young people want to learn, they are thirsty for knowledge, they want to understand and remember. The main thing is to teach them where not to go. Oppression, not to go; dictatorship, not to go; racism and prejudice, absolutely not to go. This is a moral plan [for society].

I told him that I did not believe that they could burn people in our age, that humanity would never tolerate it . . .

I write to understand as much as to be understood.