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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.

Elie Wiesel

Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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Forever Oneself Place Question
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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Difference Integrity Myself Person
What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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Dust Hope Man
In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
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Beautiful Love Myself Question Word
Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.
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Baby Better Burn God Yourself
Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.
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Gift God Kind Man Ourselves Peace Remember
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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Education Learning Substitute Word
For us it’s not easy to be conformist, I cannot stand to be conformist, I don’t accept what it is, I like to say no. If I see an injustice I scream.
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Acceptance Confirm Easy Justice Myself Stand
We 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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Different Measurement Person Philosophy Source Success Universe
Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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Creation Darkness Light Possible
I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory.
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Memories Myself Obsession People Remember Resilience
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
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
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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Choice Freedom Myself Suffering
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
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
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Ash Dreams Forget God Moments Murder

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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