Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
ELIE WIESELThe opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.
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Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.
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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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To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice.
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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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Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the 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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Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.
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Think higher, feel deeper.
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The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.
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I was there when God was put on trial. At the end of the trial, they used the word chayav, rather than ‘guilty’. It means ‘He owes us something’. Then we went to pray.
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In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.
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