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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

Elie Wiesel

In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.
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Face Right See Suffering
In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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Fly Give Up Ground Order Stand Yourself
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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Allow Difference Hate Love Power
An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman
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Difference Human Suffering
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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Exercise Himself Man Power Ultimate
Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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Children Family Guilty Kill
Emphasis must be put on learning: there is no substitute to education. It can be briefly formulated in a few words: always, whatever you do in life, think higher and feel deeper.
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Education Learning Substitute Word
What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
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Cruelty Discrimination Hurt Silence Stand Victim
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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Change Destiny Human Ourselves Power
Think higher, feel deeper.
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Deep Feeling High One Liner Thinking
Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.
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Life Meaning Obligation Ourselves Passive
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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Betrayal Decision Life Myself Remember Story Survive
Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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Forever Moments Myself Spark Time
To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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Different Greatness Silence Sin
No human being is illegal. That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?
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Appearance Beautiful Contradiction Human Illegal Right Wrong
Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.
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Cherish Definition Gratitude Happiness Humanity Myself

Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

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