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Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.

Elie Wiesel

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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Build Cry Human Separate Suffering Wall
In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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Fly Give Up Ground Order Stand Yourself
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
Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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Forever Moments Myself Spark Time
In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
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Beautiful Love Myself Question Word
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
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
All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.
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Collection Faith Inferior Judgement Religion
Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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Attitude Judgement Nation Refugee
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
A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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Election God Official Person Religious
One person of integrity can make a difference.
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Difference Integrity Oneself Person
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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Encouragement Silence Torment
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
I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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Future Myself Past
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

Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.

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