My faith is a wounded faith, but it’s not without faith. My life is not without faith.
ELIE WIESELEvery 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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What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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We must not see any person as an abstraction. Instead, we must see in every person a universe with its own secrets, with its own treasures, with its own sources of anguish, and with some measure of triumph.
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Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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I came to the conclusion that I am free to choose my own suffering. But I am not free to consent to someone else’s suffering.
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Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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But where was I to start? The world is so vast, I shall start with the country I knew best, my own. But my country is so very large. I had better start with my town. But my town, too, is large. I had best start with my street. No, my home. No, my family. Never mind, I shall start with myself.
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Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
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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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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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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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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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