Out of the Depths Quotes

“When King Solomon dedicated the Temple, he announced, The Lord said that He would dwell in thick darkness. Sometimes, the Divine Presence rests within a domain that is hidden, concealed behind a screen of mystery.”
― Israel Meir Lau, Out of the Depths: The Story of a Child of Buchenwald Who Returned Home at Last

“Today, looking back on the six years of that war, I realize that the worst thing I endured in the Holocaust was not the hunger, the cold, or the beatings; it was the humiliation. It was almost impossible to bear the helplessness of unjustified humiliation. Helplessness becomes linked with that dishonor.”
― Israel Meir Lau, Out of the Depths: The Story of a Child of Buchenwald Who Returned Home at Last