I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
ELIE WIESELOnly the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.
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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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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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Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman
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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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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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Think higher, feel deeper.
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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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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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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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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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Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.
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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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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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In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.
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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.
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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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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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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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A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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