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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

Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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Creation Darkness Light Possible
What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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Dust Hope Man
Bite your lips, little brother…Don’t cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now…Wait. Clench your teeth and wait.
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Angry Bite Cry Day Lips Wait
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
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
Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.
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Hands Life Open
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
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
In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.
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Beginning Children Dangerous Faith Illusion Trust
Better that one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all.
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Better Break Decision Heart Broken Oneself Time
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
When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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Gratitude Herself Humanity Missing Person
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
ELIE WIESEL

Ash Dreams Forget God Moments Murder
A Jew must be sensitive to the pain of all human beings. A Jew cannot remain indifferent to human suffering… The mission of the Jewish people has never been to make the world more Jewish, but to make it more human.
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Human Mission Pain People Religion Suffering
I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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Future Myself Past
What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
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Cruelty Discrimination Hurt Silence Stand Victim

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