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In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.

Elie Wiesel

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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Endurance Human Humiliation Myself Silence
Human beings all change. Not what they are but who they are. We have the power to change what we do with our life and turn it into our destiny.
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Change Destiny Human Ourselves Power
Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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Help Oppression Side Victim
For nearly 3,500 years Exodus has left such an imprint on people’s memories that I cannot imagine it had been invented just as a legend or a tale.
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Imagination Invention Memories Myself People Time
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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Death End God Guilty Himself Prayer Trial
One person of integrity can make a difference.
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Difference Integrity Oneself Person
Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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Attitude Judgement Nation Refugee
Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.
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Desire Ideas Memories People Shadow Surround Thinking Truth
Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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Himself Story Survive
I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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Feeling Myself Understand Writing
The most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
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Face Human Important Philosophy Question
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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Believe God Illusion Man Spark
Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.
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Hands Life Open
Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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Human Man Suffering Woman
Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.
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Life Meaning Obligation Ourselves Passive
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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Baby Better Burn God Yourself

In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.

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