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I'd rather speak as a student of philosophy. Philosophically it makes no sense, absolutely makes no sense. Why should people inherit evil things when their memories could contain and should invoke good things?
Elie Wiesel
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Elie Wiesel
Age: 87 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 30
Died: 2016
Died: July 2
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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 remember those faces of people who were good I saw that. I saw a father who gave his bread to his son and his son gave back the bread to his father. That, to me, was such a defeat of the enemies, will of the enemies, theories of the enemies, aspirations, here [in Auschwitz].
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I really don't teach the way Professor [Frank Moore] Cross does. I don't teach the text the same way he does. I teach Biblical themes, Biblical events.
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There is no word in Hebrew for religion, by the way.
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The Jewish tradition of learning-is learning. Adam chose knowledge instead of immortality.
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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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Whenever an angel says Be not afraid! you'd better start worrying. A big assignment is on the way.
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Life belongs to man, but the meaning of life is beyond him.
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I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.
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You cross a border and the policeman or the frontier policeman look at you, What are you doing here? Why are you coming? How long will you stay? Well, if I had nearly enough years, I would write a novel about being a refugee.
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I told him that I did not believe that they could burn people in our age, that humanity would never tolerate it . . .
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A man can laugh while he suffers.
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Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.
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Of course, afterward, I studied [commentary on the Bible by a Rabbi Moshe Dessauer] more closely. But, in truth, it doesn't touch me. It doesn't change my attitude toward the text.
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I have an open mind - - I read, I study, I study your work and the work of other people with less talent. But that is not what I do in my writing and teaching. Still the love for the text we have in common.
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We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.
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For the good of all, I say: Be careful, the brutality of the world must not be more powerful or attractive than love and friendship.
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Whatever you think in life... think higher and feel deeper.
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There is Israel, for us at least. What no other generation had, we have. We have Israel in spite of all the dangers, the threats and the wars, we have Israel. We can go to Jerusalem. Generations and generations could not and we can.
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Simply because, one hand, there are the haters, The hater has power. All we can do is oppose it, or one becomes an accomplice.
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