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" 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. "

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" Now, when I hear that Christians are getting together in order to defend the people of Israel, of course it brings joy to my heart. And it simply says, look, people have learned from history. "

" Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other. "

" 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. "

" Peace is our gift to each other. "

" 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. "

" I never felt any attraction towards violence. I never tried to express myself through violence. Violence is a language. "

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

" I write to understand as much as to be understood. "

" The Bible is not only laws, it's also stories. It begins, 'In the beginning God created Heaven.' If I had written these words, I wouldn't have written anything else; it's just enough. "

" One always goes back to one's childhood in the beginning, and I come from a very religious family and surrounding. Very religious. "

" I do not belong to this world. I continue to write everything in longhand. If I have to see something on the Internet, I ask my secretary or students. I am lucky, because I have people who do it for me. "

" Someone who hates one group will end up hating everyone - and, ultimately, hating himself or herself. "

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End

Will

" I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be truthful. "

" You would be amazed at the number of doors a Nobel Prize opens. "

" 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. "

" Moses was the greatest legislator and the commander in chief of perhaps the first liberation army. "

" Religion is a very personal thing for me. Religion has its good moments and its poor moments. "

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Moments

Good

" There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win. "

" It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed. "

" Look, if I were alone in the world, I would have the right to choose despair, solitude and self-fulfillment. But I am not alone. "

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World

Alone

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

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

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Israel

Living

" In Jewish history there are no coincidences. "

" I never teach the same course twice. "

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

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

" Some stories are true that never happened. "

" 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. "

" It used to be said that when the Baal Shem Tov came into a town, his impact was so strong, he didn't have to speak. His disciples had to dance or to sing or to preach to have the same effect. I think a real messenger, myself or anyone, by the very fact that he is there as a person, as a symbol, could have the same impact. "