Every moment is a new beginning.
ELIE WIESELUltimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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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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I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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One person of integrity can make a difference.
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For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories
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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.
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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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The most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
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My faith is a wounded faith, but my life is not without faith. I didn’t divorce God, but I’m quarrelling and arguing and questioning, it’s a wounded faith.
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A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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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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Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.
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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 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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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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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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