Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

I'd rather speak as a student of philosophy. Philosophically it makes no sense, absolutely makes no sense. Why should people inherit evil things when their memories could contain and should invoke good things?

Simply because, one hand, there are the haters, The hater has power. All we can do is oppose it, or one becomes an accomplice.

[Moses] Mendelssohn was a religious Jew. I felt sorry for him.

I don't think I should accept other people's suffering because I suffered. Just the opposite, because I suffered I don't want others to suffer.

The impact of the holocaust on believers as well as unbelievers, on Jews as well as Christians, has not yet been evaluated. Not deeply, not enough.