For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories
ELIE WIESELIn the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
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In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
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A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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you can do something. You can, even for one person Don’t turn away; help. Because those who suffer, often suffer not because of the person or the group that inflicts the suffering; they seem to suffer because nobody cares.
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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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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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Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.
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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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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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Better that one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all.
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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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Every moment is a new beginning.
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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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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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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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We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children. Between the ugliness of hate and the will to oppose it. Between inflicting suffering and humiliation on our fellow man and offering him the solidarity and hope he deserves.
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