In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
ELIE WIESELFor 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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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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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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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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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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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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A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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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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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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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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Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.
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Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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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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Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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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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The most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
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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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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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What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
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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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I came to the conclusion that I am free to choose my own suffering. But I am not free to consent to someone else’s suffering.
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Think higher, feel deeper.
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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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I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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