The most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
ELIE WIESELWe 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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Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.
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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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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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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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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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I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
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In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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There is much to be done, there is much that can be done… one person of integrity can make a difference.
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Be careful with words, they’re dangerous. Be wary of them. They begat either demons or angels. It’s up to you to give life to one or the other. Be careful, I tell you, nothing is as dangerous as giving free rein to words
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