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Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.

Elie Wiesel

Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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Children Family Guilty Kill
When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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Gratitude Herself Humanity Missing Person
Every moment is a new beginning.
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Beginning Moments Perspective Time
I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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Future Myself Past
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
You’re shaking … so am I. It’s because of Jerusalem, isn’t it? One doesn’t go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. That’s one of its mysteries.
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God Mystery Oneself Religious Return Shaking
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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Exercise Himself Man Power Ultimate
Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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Help Oppression Side Victim
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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Group Person Suffering Yourself
One person of integrity can make a difference.
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Difference Integrity Oneself Person
Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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Forever Moments Myself Spark Time
Education in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century.
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Education Hate Repeat Violence
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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Encouragement Silence Torment
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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Better Country Inspirational Myself Start World
What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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Dust Hope Man
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

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