Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us.
ELIE WIESELEducation in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century.
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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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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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Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.
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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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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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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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A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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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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I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory.
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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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To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
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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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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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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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