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.
ELIE WIESELIn the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.
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Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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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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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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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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One person of integrity can make a difference.
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Think higher, feel deeper.
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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 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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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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My faith is a wounded faith, but it’s not without faith. My life is not without faith.
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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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