"I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it."

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

"Some stories are true that never happened."

"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."

"The silent observer understands that the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"It is a quiet truth that creativity is seeing what everyone has seen, but thinking what no one else thought."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that wisdom is knowing when to speak and when to listen."

"A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe."