I write to understand as much as to be understood.
ELIE WIESELToday, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.
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Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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For nearly 3,500 years Exodus has left such an imprint on people’s memories that I cannot imagine it had been invented just as a legend or a tale.
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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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Every moment is a new beginning.
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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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One person of integrity can make a difference.
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In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.
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Every single human being is a unique human being. And, therefore, it’s so criminal to do something to that human being, because he or she represents humanity.
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We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children. Between the ugliness of hate and the will to oppose it. Between inflicting suffering and humiliation on our fellow man and offering him the solidarity and hope he deserves.
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Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.
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There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
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Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.
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