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.
ELIE WIESELI 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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The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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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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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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One person of integrity can make a difference.
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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
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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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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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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us.
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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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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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Better that one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all.
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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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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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We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children. Between the ugliness of hate and the will to oppose it. Between inflicting suffering and humiliation on our fellow man and offering him the solidarity and hope he deserves.
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Once upon a time refugee meant somebody who has a refuge, found a place, a haven where he could find refuge.
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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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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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Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.
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In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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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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Bite your lips, little brother…Don’t cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now…Wait. Clench your teeth and wait.
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I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason.
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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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