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Elie Wiesel

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 don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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Future Myself Past
I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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Feeling Myself Understand Writing
The most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
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Face Human Important Philosophy Question
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
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
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
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
One person of integrity can make a difference.
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Difference Integrity Oneself Person
A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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Election God Official Person Religious
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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Desire Ideas Memories People Shadow Surround Thinking Truth
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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Change Destiny Human Ourselves Power
To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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Different Greatness Silence Sin
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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Action Death Live Memories Responsibility
Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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Forever Moments Myself Spark Time
Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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Forever Oneself Place Question

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