Better that one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all.
ELIE WIESELEvery 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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Bite your lips, little brother…Don’t cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now…Wait. Clench your teeth and wait.
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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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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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A Jew must be sensitive to the pain of all human beings. A Jew cannot remain indifferent to human suffering… The mission of the Jewish people has never been to make the world more Jewish, but to make it more human.
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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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The most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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Human beings all change. Not what they are but who they are. We have the power to change what we do with our life and turn it into our destiny.
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What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
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The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.
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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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My faith is a wounded faith, but it’s not without faith. My life is not without faith.
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This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story – and perhaps into a prayer.
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Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.
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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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