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Next to him lay his violin, trampled, an eerily poignant little corpse.

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Elie Wiesel
Age: 87 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 30
Died: 2016
Died: July 2
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A disciple came to the celebrated Master of the Good Name with a question. “Rabbi, how are we to distinguish between a true master and a fake?” And the master of the good name said, “When you meet a person who poses as a master, ask him a question: whether he knows how to purify your thoughts. If he says that he knows, then he is a fake.
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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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My teachers [ had the most impact in my life]. Of course, my father and grandfather, but after my family, my teachers.
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The only way for us to help ourselves is to help others and to listen to each other's stories.
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After all, God is God because he remembers.
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