The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
ELIE WIESELGratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.
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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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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
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Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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My faith is a wounded faith, but it’s not without faith. My life is not without faith.
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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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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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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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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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Think higher, feel deeper.
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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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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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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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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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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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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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