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Primo Levi quotes: If understanding is impossible, knowing is imperative, because what happened could happen again.

If understanding is impossible, knowing is imperative, because what happened could happen again.

Primo Levi quotes: How important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once, to find yourself at least once ...

How important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once, to find yourself at least once ...

Primo Levi quotes: I too entered the Lager as a nonbeliever, and as a nonbeliever I was liberated and have lived to this day.

I too entered the Lager as a nonbeliever, and as a nonbeliever I was liberated and have lived to this day.

Primo Levi quotes: Everybody is somebody's Jew. And today the Palestinians are the Jews of the Israelis.

Everybody is somebody's Jew. And today the Palestinians are the Jews of the Israelis.

Primo Levi quotes: Perhaps memory is like a bucket; if you want to cram into it more fruit than it will hold, the fruit is crushed.

Perhaps memory is like a bucket; if you want to cram into it more fruit than it will hold, the fruit is crushed.

Primo Levi quotes: Compassion and brutality can coexist in the same individual and in the same moment ...

Compassion and brutality can coexist in the same individual and in the same moment ...

Primo Levi quotes: Perfection belongs to narrated events, not to those we live.

Perfection belongs to narrated events, not to those we live.

Primo Levi quotes: Does not ingenuity consist in the finding or creating of connections between apparently extraneous orders of ideas?)

Does not ingenuity consist in the finding or creating of connections between apparently extraneous orders of ideas?)

Primo Levi quotes: Our ignorance allowed us to live, as you are in the mountains, and your rope is frayed and about to break, but you don't know it and feel safe.

Our ignorance allowed us to live, as you are in the mountains, and your rope is frayed and about to break, but you don't know it and feel safe.

Primo Levi quotes: There is Auschwitz, and so there cannot be God.

There is Auschwitz, and so there cannot be God.

Primo Levi quotes: The latrine is an oasis of peace.

The latrine is an oasis of peace.

Primo Levi quotes: Until one day there will be no more sense in saying: tomorrow.

Until one day there will be no more sense in saying: tomorrow.

Primo Levi quotes: How can one hit a man without anger?

How can one hit a man without anger?

Primo Levi quotes: Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need.

Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need.

Primo Levi quotes: Fear is supremely contagious, and its immediate reaction is to make one try to run away.

Fear is supremely contagious, and its immediate reaction is to make one try to run away.

Primo Levi quotes: We become aware, with amazement, that we have forgotten nothing, every memory evoked rises in front of us painfully clear.

We become aware, with amazement, that we have forgotten nothing, every memory evoked rises in front of us painfully clear.

Primo Levi quotes: I am constantly amazed by man's inhumanity to man.

I am constantly amazed by man's inhumanity to man.

Primo Levi quotes: The sea of grief has no shores, no bottom; no one can sound its depths.

The sea of grief has no shores, no bottom; no one can sound its depths.

Primo Levi quotes: In the space of a few minutes the sky turned black and it began to rain.

In the space of a few minutes the sky turned black and it began to rain.

Primo Levi quotes: An enemy who sees the error of his ways ceases to be an enemy.

An enemy who sees the error of his ways ceases to be an enemy.

Primo Levi quotes: There are few men who know how to go to their deaths with dignity, and often they are not those whom one would expect.

There are few men who know how to go to their deaths with dignity, and often they are not those whom one would expect.

Primo Levi quotes: She had asked the older women: "What is that fire?" And they had replied: "It is we who are burning.

She had asked the older women: "What is that fire?" And they had replied: "It is we who are burning.

Primo Levi quotes: He never asked nor accepted any reward, because he was good and simple and did not think that one did good for a reward.

He never asked nor accepted any reward, because he was good and simple and did not think that one did good for a reward.

Primo Levi quotes: Why does it happen? Why is the pain of every day translated so constantly into our dreams, in the ever-repeated scene of the unlistened-to story?

Why does it happen? Why is the pain of every day translated so constantly into our dreams, in the ever-repeated scene of the unlistened-to story?

Primo Levi quotes: Dawn came on us like a betrayer; it seemed as though the new sun rose as an ally of our enemies to assist in our destruction.

Dawn came on us like a betrayer; it seemed as though the new sun rose as an ally of our enemies to assist in our destruction.

Primo Levi quotes: The aims of life are the best defense against death.

The aims of life are the best defense against death.

Primo Levi quotes: I do not know what I will think tomorrow and later; today I feel no distinct emotion.

I do not know what I will think tomorrow and later; today I feel no distinct emotion.

Primo Levi quotes: Suicide is an act of man and not of the animal.

Suicide is an act of man and not of the animal.

Primo Levi quotes: Man is a centaur, a tangle of flesh and mind, divine inspiration and dust.

Man is a centaur, a tangle of flesh and mind, divine inspiration and dust.

Primo Levi quotes: The triumph of human identity and worth over the pathology of human destruction glows virtually everywhere in Levi's writing.

The triumph of human identity and worth over the pathology of human destruction glows virtually everywhere in Levi's writing.

Primo Levi quotes: For he who loses all often easily loses himself.

For he who loses all often easily loses himself.

Primo Levi quotes: ... in this place everything is forbidden, not for hidden reasons, but because the camp has been created for that purpose.

... in this place everything is forbidden, not for hidden reasons, but because the camp has been created for that purpose.

Primo Levi quotes: (this is a story interwoven with freezing dawns.)

(this is a story interwoven with freezing dawns.)

Primo Levi quotes: Real problems sooner or later are resolved; on the contrary, pseudoproblems are not.

Real problems sooner or later are resolved; on the contrary, pseudoproblems are not.

Primo Levi quotes: Today, I think that if for no other reason than that an Auschwitz existed, no one in our age should speak of Providence.

Today, I think that if for no other reason than that an Auschwitz existed, no one in our age should speak of Providence.

Primo Levi quotes: The living are more demanding; the dead can wait.

The living are more demanding; the dead can wait.

Primo Levi quotes: He fights for his life but still remains everybody's friend. He "knows" whom to corrupt, whom to avoid, whose compassion to arouse, whom to resist.

He fights for his life but still remains everybody's friend. He "knows" whom to corrupt, whom to avoid, whose compassion to arouse, whom to resist.

Primo Levi quotes: It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end

It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end

Primo Levi quotes: A man who would mutilate himself is well damned, isn't he?

A man who would mutilate himself is well damned, isn't he?

Primo Levi quotes: What do you take me for? Do you think I was born yesterday? Do you think I have never dealt in eggs?

What do you take me for? Do you think I was born yesterday? Do you think I have never dealt in eggs?

Primo Levi quotes: If a writer is convinced that he is honest, then it is very difficult for him to be a bad writer.

If a writer is convinced that he is honest, then it is very difficult for him to be a bad writer.

Primo Levi quotes: I'm a libertine, but it's not my specialty.

I'm a libertine, but it's not my specialty.

Primo Levi quotes: Each of us bears the imprint of a friend met along the way; In each the trace of each.

Each of us bears the imprint of a friend met along the way; In each the trace of each.

Primo Levi quotes: The work of bestial degradation, begun by the victorious Germans, had been carried to its conclusion by the Germans in defeat.

The work of bestial degradation, begun by the victorious Germans, had been carried to its conclusion by the Germans in defeat.

Primo Levi quotes: Perhaps Kafka laughed when he told stories [ ... ] because one isn't always equal to oneself.

Perhaps Kafka laughed when he told stories [ ... ] because one isn't always equal to oneself.

Primo Levi quotes: If we had to and were able to suffer the sufferings of everyone, we could not live.

If we had to and were able to suffer the sufferings of everyone, we could not live.

Primo Levi quotes: The truck went on its way in the night and Gedaleh shouted, laughing, If not this way, how? And if not now, when?

The truck went on its way in the night and Gedaleh shouted, laughing, If not this way, how? And if not now, when?

Primo Levi quotes: He could hardly read or write but his heart spoke the language of the good

He could hardly read or write but his heart spoke the language of the good

Primo Levi quotes: Since it is difficult to distinguish true prophets from false, it is as well to regard all prophets with suspicion

Since it is difficult to distinguish true prophets from false, it is as well to regard all prophets with suspicion

Primo Levi quotes: My number is 174517; we have been baptized, we will carry the tattoo on our left arm until we die.

My number is 174517; we have been baptized, we will carry the tattoo on our left arm until we die.

Primo Levi quotes: If I'm not for myself, who will be for me?If not this way, how? If not now, when?

If I'm not for myself, who will be for me?
If not this way, how? If not now, when?

Primo Levi quotes: Those who deny Auschwitz would be ready to remake it.

Those who deny Auschwitz would be ready to remake it.