I am absolutely convinced that the gas chambers of Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Maidanek were ultimately prepared not in some ministry or other in Berlin, but rather at the desks and in the lecture halls of nihilistic scientists and philosophers.

It is always important to have something yet to do in life.

Even though conditions such as lack of sleep, insufficient food and various mental stresses may suggest that the inmates were bound to react in certain ways, in the final analysis it becomes clear that the sort of person the prisoner became was the result of an inner decision, and not the result of camp influences alone.

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

We dislike talking about our experiences. No explanations are needed for those who have been inside, and the others will understand neither how we felt then nor how we feel now.

I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.

Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.