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.
ELIE WIESELAn indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman
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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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you can do something. You can, even for one person Don’t turn away; help. Because those who suffer, often suffer not because of the person or the group that inflicts the suffering; they seem to suffer because nobody cares.
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For nearly 3,500 years Exodus has left such an imprint on people’s memories that I cannot imagine it had been invented just as a legend or a tale.
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In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
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Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
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For us it’s not easy to be conformist, I cannot stand to be conformist, I don’t accept what it is, I like to say no. If I see an injustice I scream.
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Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman
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I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory.
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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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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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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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