Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
ELIE WIESELMy faith is a wounded faith, but my life is not without faith. I didn’t divorce God, but I’m quarrelling and arguing and questioning, it’s a wounded faith.
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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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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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Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.
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My faith is a wounded faith, but my life is not without faith. I didn’t divorce God, but I’m quarrelling and arguing and questioning, it’s a wounded faith.
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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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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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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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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.
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Once upon a time refugee meant somebody who has a refuge, found a place, a haven where he could find refuge.
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I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory.
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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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What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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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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