The ghetto was not only a place of refuge for a persecuted minority but a great experiment in peace, in self-discipline and in humanism. As such it still exists and refuses to give up in spite of all the brutality that surrounds it. I was brought up among those people.

We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.

Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.

Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation.

The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop.

Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.

One can find in the Yiddish tongue and in the Yiddish spirit expressions of pious joy, lust for life, longing for the Messiah, patience and deep appreciation of human individuality.