Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
ELIE WIESELToday, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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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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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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We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.
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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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Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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Be careful with words, they’re dangerous. Be wary of them. They begat either demons or angels. It’s up to you to give life to one or the other. Be careful, I tell you, nothing is as dangerous as giving free rein to words
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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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Every Jew, somewhere in his being, should set apart a zone of hate – healthy virile hate – for what the German personifies and for what persists in the German.
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When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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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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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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There is much to be done, there is much that can be done… one person of integrity can make a difference.
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All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.
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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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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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To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice.
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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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Once upon a time refugee meant somebody who has a refuge, found a place, a haven where he could find refuge.
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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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I was there when God was put on trial. At the end of the trial, they used the word chayav, rather than ‘guilty’. It means ‘He owes us something’. Then we went to pray.
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A Jew must be sensitive to the pain of all human beings. A Jew cannot remain indifferent to human suffering… The mission of the Jewish people has never been to make the world more Jewish, but to make it more human.
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But where was I to start? The world is so vast, I shall start with the country I knew best, my own. But my country is so very large. I had better start with my town. But my town, too, is large. I had best start with my street. No, my home. No, my family. Never mind, I shall start with myself.
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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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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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