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Memory is the keyword which combines past with present, past and future.

Elie Wiesel

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Elie Wiesel
Age: 87 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 30
Died: 2016
Died: July 2
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Judaic Scholar
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The story [of the Sacrifice of Isaac ] is much more a part of theology than of history.
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I learned to trust the threats of enemies before the promises of friends.
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Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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In Jewish tradition the Talmud is said to have been given on Sinai.
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It's not hatred that kills people, it's indifference
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There is no word in Hebrew for religion, by the way.
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What I do, I want to do with all my being.
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Politicians, they give the visible aspect of the change, but the change, the root, the anchor are in young people.
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And action is the only remedy to indifference, the most insidious danger of all.
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Tibet's a tragedy. It's an insult to human decency.
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What do all my books have in common? A commitment to memory.
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Words can be turned into spears. They can be turned into prayers. It's a strange world that you are in. But you deal with words.
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That is my major preoccupation, memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify that kingdom and serve it.
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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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I belong to a tradition that believes that the death of a single child is a blemish on creation.
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I personally have no doubt that the Exodus occurred. How it occurred, I don't know.
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Perhaps some day someone will explain how, on the level of man, Auschwitz was possible but on the level of God, it will forever remain the most disturbing of mysteries.
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[The Bible] is been my passion almost from my youth.
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We know, for instance, of The Book of the Wars of the Lord. It is mentioned in the text [Numbers 21:14]. There was a book: Where is it? One day you will dig and you will maybe find it. [Laughter]
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