The deeper the nostalgia and the more complete the fear, the purer, the richer the word and the secret.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

Peace is our gift to each other.

The darkest days in my life after the war, after the war, was when I discovered that the ... most of the members and commanders of the Einsatz group that were doing the killings, not even in gas chambers, but killing with machine guns, had college degrees from German universities and PhD's and MD's. Couldn't believe it.

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.

In the word question, there is a beautiful word - quest. I love that word. We are all partners in a quest. The essential questions have no answers. You are my question, and I am yours - and then there is dialogue. The moment we have answers, there is no dialogue. Questions unite people.

In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous.