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In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.

Elie Wiesel

One person of integrity can make a difference.
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Difference Integrity Oneself Person
A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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Election God Official Person Religious
The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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Kill Philosophy Silence Word Wrong
What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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Dust Hope Man
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
I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.
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Betrayal Decision Life Myself Remember Story Survive
Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.
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Gift God Kind Man Ourselves Peace Remember
Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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Accountability Enough Human Leaving Problem
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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Choice Freedom Myself Suffering
I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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Feeling Myself Understand Writing
Emphasis must be put on learning: there is no substitute to education. It can be briefly formulated in a few words: always, whatever you do in life, think higher and feel deeper.
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Education Learning Substitute Word
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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Exercise Himself Man Power Ultimate
Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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Himself Story Survive
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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Group Person Suffering Yourself
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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Change Destiny Human Ourselves Power
To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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Different Greatness Silence Sin

In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.

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