Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
ELIE WIESELThe philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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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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Emphasis 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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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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Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.
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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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One person of integrity can make a difference.
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Think higher, feel deeper.
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To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
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The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason.
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