did everything I could in my life to be immune to hatred, because hatred is a cancer.

Remember also that it is not knowledge but the yearning for knowledge that makes for a complete, accomplished man. Such a man does not stand still but perseveres in the face of adversity, nor does he remain untouched by the pain cause by absence. On the contrary, he recognizes himself in each cry, uttered or repressed, in the smallest rift, in the most pressing need.

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

Not to transmit an experience is to betray it.

I write to understand as much as to be understood.

Abraham is trying to obey God, but not to kill. I feel that moment is one of the defining moments of Jewish faith.

Be careful with words, they're dangerous. Be wary of them. They begat either demons or angels. It's up to you to give life to one or the other. Be careful, I tell you, nothing is as dangerous as giving free rein to words