I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
ELIE WIESELEmphasis 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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Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us.
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To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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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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One person of integrity can make a difference.
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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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Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.
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What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
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The most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
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I was there when God was put on trial. At the end of the trial, they used the word chayav, rather than ‘guilty’. It means ‘He owes us something’. Then we went to pray.
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I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.
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Think higher, feel deeper.
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In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.
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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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