The most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
ELIE WIESELNo 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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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.
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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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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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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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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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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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A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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Think higher, feel deeper.
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When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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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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The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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