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Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.

Elie Wiesel

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
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
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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Himself Place Refugee Time
My faith is a wounded faith, but my life is not without faith. I didn’t divorce God, but I’m quarrelling and arguing and questioning, it’s a wounded faith.
ELIE WIESEL

Divorce Faith God Life Myself Question Wound
Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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Accountability Enough Human Leaving Problem
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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Angel Care Dangerous Demon Myself Word
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
Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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Change Life Protection World
In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.
ELIE WIESEL

Face Right See Suffering
Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
ELIE WIESEL

Forever Moments Myself Spark Time
My faith is a wounded faith, but it’s not without faith. My life is not without faith.
ELIE WIESEL

Faith Life Myself Religious Wound
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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Appearance Beautiful Contradiction Human Illegal Right Wrong
Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.
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Life Meaning Obligation Ourselves Passive
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
Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
ELIE WIESEL

Creation Darkness Light Possible
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
ELIE WIESEL

Exercise Himself Man Power Ultimate

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