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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.

Elie Wiesel

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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Divorce Faith God Life Myself Question Wound
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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Encouragement Silence Torment
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
In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
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Beautiful Love Myself Question Word
I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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Feeling Myself Understand Writing
One person of integrity can make a difference.
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Difference Integrity Oneself Person
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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Death End God Guilty Himself Prayer Trial
Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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Forever Moments Myself Spark Time
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
Every moment is a new beginning.
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Beginning Moments Perspective Time
For nearly 3,500 years Exodus has left such an imprint on people’s memories that I cannot imagine it had been invented just as a legend or a tale.
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Imagination Invention Memories Myself People Time
I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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Future Myself Past
Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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Creation Darkness Light Possible
Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.
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Cherish Definition Gratitude Happiness Humanity Myself
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
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Failure Injustice Power Protest Time
Every single human being is a unique human being. And, therefore, it’s so criminal to do something to that human being, because he or she represents humanity.
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Crime Human Humanity Represent

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