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Life is really fascinated only by death. It vibrates only when it comes in contact with death.

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Elie Wiesel
Age: 87 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 30
Died: 2016
Died: July 2
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My anger rises up within faith and not outside it.
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Even if people tell me they have historical proof [that it is not historical], that doesn't really bother me.
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In Jewish tradition the Talmud is said to have been given on Sinai.
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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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No one has written the way Isaiah does. The royal style, the majesty of the language. He is called the prince of the prophets. No one has written like that. I've studied ancient literature, Homer, for example, but it's not the same thing.
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In my tradition, one must wait until one has learned a lot of Bible and Talmud and the Prophets to handle mysticism. This isn't instant coffee. There is no instant mysticism.
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I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it.
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The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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It may well be that our means are fairly limited and our possibilities restricted when it comes to applying pressure on our government But is this a reason to do nothing? Despair is nor an answer Neither is resignation Resignation only leads to indifference, which is not merely a sin but a punishment.
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No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has escaped the kingdom of night.
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The whole community must be saved [in Tibet].
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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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[Memory] is a passion no less powerful or pervasive than love. It is [the ability] to live in more than one world, to prevent the past from fading, and to call upon the future to illuminate it.
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