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When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.

Elie Wiesel

Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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Attitude Judgement Nation Refugee
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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Action Death Live Memories Responsibility
Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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Forever Oneself Place Question
Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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Himself Story Survive
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
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
Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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Change Life Protection World
My faith is a wounded faith, but it’s not without faith. My life is not without faith.
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Faith Life Myself Religious Wound
Education 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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Education Hate Repeat Violence
Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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Forever Moments Myself Spark Time
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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Adult Choice Deserve Hope Ourselves Suffering Ugly Violence
To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
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Death Forget Kill 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
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 write to understand as much as to be understood.
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Feeling Myself Understand Writing
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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Better Break Decision Heart Broken Oneself Time

When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.

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