Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.

Indifference to me, is the epitome of all evil.

I needed to know that there was such a thing as love and that it brought smiles and joy in its wake.

Never shall I forget that first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, … Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children,...

once a refugee, always a refugee.

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.

We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silent encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

It’s not there just to enjoy.

When you meet a person who poses as a master, ask him a question: whether he knows how to purify your thoughts. If he says that he knows, then he is a fake.

There are moments when I think it will never end, that it will last indefinitely. It’s like the rain. Here the rain, like everything else, suggests permanence and eternity. I say to myself: it’s raining...

Why do you pray?” he asked me, after a moment. Why did I pray? A strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?”I don’t know why,” I said, even more disturbed and ill...

From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me.

Look at these towers, passerby, and try to imagine what they really mean what they symbolize what they evoke.

No human being is illegal.

The stars were only sparks of the fire which devoured us. Should that fire die out one day, there would be nothing left in the sky but dead stars, dead eyes.

Some stories are true that never happened.

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

For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.

He explained to me with great insistence that every question posessed a power that did not lie in the answer.

I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory.

In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.

I am so in favor of being involved in other people’s causes, other people’s fights. If a people is oppressed, we must help those people free themselves.

There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of two hundred pages which is the result of an original eight hundred pages. The six hundred...

If the only prayer you say throughout your life is “Thank You,” then that will be enough.

This day I ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused.

Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.

On a strictly military level, the operation is a success. For that, and for his brave decision to pursue peace even at present political cost, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon deserves praise. But starting now, Israelis...

Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words

The letter was a very special letter, and it touched me, … I said, ‘How can I say no?’

Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.

We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.

We are still here. And no matter what, we shall continue to be here to tell people so they can learn from our history.

[I would suggest that this focus is not political but a normal part of the grieving journey. William Shakespeare, a bereaved father, said,] Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o’er...

Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must — at that moment — become the center of the universe.

Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking, loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of words that have been spoken during the day takes on a...

I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.

[He answers that question, both in the editorial and in the interview.] I hope the Palestinians have the same courage (Sharon) has shown now, … The communities should live in peace.

But where shall I start? The world is so vast, I shall start with the country I know best, my own. But my country is so very large, I had better start with my town....

Never have the relations between Jews and Catholics been as good.

Only one enemy is worse than despair: indifference. In every area of human creativity, indifference is the enemy; indifference of evil is worse than evil, because it is also sterile.

The world? The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria…

Terrorism knows no borders. Therefore, opposition to terrorism must know no borders.

It’s not perfect. Nothing is perfect. Sometimes it takes time for the words to become more than words.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Man asks and God replies but we don’t understand his replies because they dwell in the depths of our souls and remain there until we die.

Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on the canvas that the reader sees. Writing is more like a sculpture where you remove, you eliminate in order to...

Night. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me.

Violence is not the answer. Terrorism is the most dangerous of answers.

If there is a crisis in the world, the U.N. should send a task force immediately, within 24 hours,