All Primo Levi Quotes
- There is Auschwitz, and so there cannot be God. Atheist
- Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need. Accompanies
- Imagine now a man who is deprived of everyone he loves, and at the same time of his house, his habits, his clothes, in short,… All
- To accuse another of having weak kidneys, lungs, or heart, is not a crime; on the contrary, saying he has a weak brain is a… Accuse
- The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent,… Ambivalent
- The butterfly's attractiveness derives not only from colors and symmetry: deeper motives contribute to it. We would not think them so beautiful if they did… All
- They sensed that what had happened around them and in their presence, and in them, was irrevocable. Never again could it be cleansed; it would… Act
- After the planet becomes theirs, many millions of years will have to pass before a beetle particularly loved by God, at the end of its… Among
- Conquering matter is to understand it, and understanding matter is necessary to understanding the universe and ourselves: and that therefore Mendeleev's Periodic Table, which just… Conquer
- I too entered the Lager as a nonbeliever, and as a nonbeliever I was liberated and have lived to this day. Day
- An enemy who sees the error of his ways ceases to be an enemy. Ceases
- The sea's only gifts are harsh blows and occasionally the chance to feel strong. Blow
- For he who loses all often easily loses himself. All
- The living are more demanding; the dead can wait. Dead
- To destroy a man is difficult, almost as difficult as to create one: it has not been easy, nor quick, but you Germans have succeeded.… Acts
- Perhaps one cannot, what is more one must not, understand what happened, because to understand [the Holocaust] is almost to justify...no normal human being will… Able
- We will not return No one must leave here and so carry to the world, together with the sign impressed on his skin, the evil… Auschwitz
- Today I think that if for no other reason than that an Auschwitz existed, no one in our age should speak of Providence. Age
- Everybody is somebody's Jew. And today the Palestinians are the Jews of the Israelis. Everybody
- We who survived the Camps are not true witnesses. We are those who, through prevarication, skill or luck, never touched bottom. Those who have, and… Bottom
- In history and in life one sometimes seems to glimpse a ferocious law which states: to he that has, will be given; from he that… Ferocious
- Nothing can be said: nothing sure, nothing probable, nothing honest. Better to err through omission than through commission: better to refrain from steering the fate… Better
- I'm a libertine, but it's not my specialty. Inspirational
- If you and your child were going to be killed tomorrow, would you not give him to eat today? Child
- My number is 174517; we have been baptized, we will carry the tattoo on our left arm until we die. Arm