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.
ELIE WIESELThe most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
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What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story – and perhaps into a prayer.
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I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason.
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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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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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Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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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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You’re shaking … so am I. It’s because of Jerusalem, isn’t it? One doesn’t go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. That’s one of its mysteries.
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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman
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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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Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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