I make a difference between genocide and Holocaust. Holocaust was mainly Jewish, that was the only people, to the last Jew, sentenced to die for one reason, for being Jewish, that's all. Genocide is something else. Genocide has been actually codified by the United Nations. It's the intent of killing, the intent of killing people, a community in this culture so forth, but no other people has been really interested.

How can one explain the attraction terror holds for some minds — and why for intellectuals? . . .In a totalitarian and terrorist regime, man is no longer a unique being with infinite possibilities and limitless choices but a number, a puppet, with just this difference — numbers and puppets are not susceptible to fear.

Perhaps fate isn't blind after all. Perhaps it's capable of fantasy, even compassion.

I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes were open and I was alone - terribly alone in a world without God and without (hu)man(ity).

Man walks the moon but his soul remains riveted to earth. Once upon a time it was the opposite.

I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it.

It is true that not all the victims were Jews, but all the Jews were victims