Young people want to learn, they are thirsty for knowledge, they want to understand and remember. The main thing is to teach them where not to go. Oppression, not to go; dictatorship, not to go; racism and prejudice, absolutely not to go. This is a moral plan [for society].

I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life.

One can do without solutions. Only the questions matter. We may share them or turn away from them.

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

For in the end, it is all about memory, its sources and its magnitude, and, of course, its consequences.

I have one request: may I never use my reason against truth.

Life is really fascinated only by death. It vibrates only when it comes in contact with death.