The books I have read were composed by generations of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, teachers and disciples. I am the sum total of their experiences, and so are you.

It's easier to be conformist naturally; it's easier except for those who don't like conformism.

I wanted to come back to Sighet to tell you the story of my death. So that you could prepare yourselves while there was still time. To live? I don't attach any importance to my life any more. I'm alone. No, I wanted to come back, and to warn you. And see how it is, no one will listen to me.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.

For me [Patriarchs] exist. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob exist today. They are people that you see with white beards. I have no doubt of their existence.

The story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac are nowhere in any other tradition.

I was 15, not 14, when I was inside there [Auschwitz], 15, and for me both were actually a surprise.