Indifference is the sign of sickness, a sickness of the soul more contagious than any other.

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

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

I became one of [Moses Mendelssohn] defenders. But then I heard the words "Biblical criticism" again. And, of course, afterward, I studied it more closely.

At Auschwitz, not only man died, but also the idea of man. To live in a world where there is nothing anymore, where the executioner acts as god, as judge-many wanted no part of it. It was its own heart the world incinerated at Auschwitz.

What would the future of man be if it were devoid of memory?

Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming.