Every Jew, somewhere in his being, should set apart a zone of hate – healthy virile hate – for what the German personifies and for what persists in the German.
ELIE WIESELOnce upon a time refugee meant somebody who has a refuge, found a place, a haven where he could find refuge.
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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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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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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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Every moment is a new beginning.
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Think higher, feel deeper.
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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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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 decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.
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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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No human being is illegal. That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?
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There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
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Human beings all change. Not what they are but who they are. We have the power to change what we do with our life and turn it into our destiny.
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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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