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

War is like night, she said. It covers everything.

MARIA: The people can say anything they please—
MENDEL: Right. Under one condition: that they do not say it.

And I, the for­mer mys­tic, was think­ing: Yes, man is stronger, greater than God. When Adam and Eve de­ceived You, You chased them from par­adise. When You were dis­pleased by Noah’s generation, You brought down the Flood. When Sodom lost Your fa­vour, You caused the heav­ens to rain down fire and damna­tion. But look at these men whom You have be­trayed, al­low­ing them to be tortured, slaugh­tered, gassed, and burned, what do they do? They pray be­fore You! They praise Your name!