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" The Bible is not only laws, it's also stories. "

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" Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life. "

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" Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future. "

" That is my major preoccupation, memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify that kingdom and serve it. "

" In any society, fanatics who hate don't hate only me - they hate you, too. They hate everybody. "

" Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil. "

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" If I were in the government, I would persuade the prime minister to see the beauty in the fact that people see Israel as a haven - from their sadness to their hope. "

" When language fails, violence becomes a language; I never had that feeling. "

" Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins. "

" What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically. "

" In Jewish history there are no coincidences. "

" I wanted to write a commentary on the Bible, to write about the Talmud, about celebration, about the great eternal subjects: love and happiness. "

" When my father was born, it was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. When I was born, it was Lithuania. When I left, it was Hungary. It is difficult to say where I come from. "

" The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. "

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" Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories. "

" I would like to see real peace and a state of Israel living peacefully alongside a state of Palestine. "

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