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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

Elie Wiesel

Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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Himself Story Survive
The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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Kill Philosophy Silence Word Wrong
There 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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Failure Injustice Power Protest Time
The most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
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Face Human Important Philosophy Question
Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.
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Baby Better Burn God Yourself
To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice.
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Death Forget Kill
One person of integrity can make a difference.
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Difference Integrity Oneself Person
Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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Despair Myself Rejection Remember Responsibility
In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.
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Beginning Children Dangerous Faith Illusion Trust
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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Divorce Faith God Life Myself Question Wound
This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story – and perhaps into a prayer.
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Pain Prayer Role Tears Writing
Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.
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Hands Life Open
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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Encouragement Silence Torment
We must not see any person as an abstraction. Instead, we must see in every person a universe with its own secrets, with its own treasures, with its own sources of anguish, and with some measure of triumph.
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Different Measurement Person Philosophy Source Success Universe
All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.
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Collection Faith Inferior Judgement Religion
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
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Ash Dreams Forget God Moments Murder

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

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