What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
ELIE WIESELThere 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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Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us.
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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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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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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason.
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Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
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When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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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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Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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Be careful with words, they’re dangerous. Be wary of them. They begat either demons or angels. It’s up to you to give life to one or the other. Be careful, I tell you, nothing is as dangerous as giving free rein to words
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I came to the conclusion that I am free to choose my own suffering. But I am not free to consent to someone else’s suffering.
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you can do something. You can, even for one person Don’t turn away; help. Because those who suffer, often suffer not because of the person or the group that inflicts the suffering; they seem to suffer because nobody cares.
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Think higher, feel deeper.
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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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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.
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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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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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In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.
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We are all teachers, or should be. Anyone who relays experience to another person is a teacher. Not to transmit your experience is to betray it.
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