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The story [of the Sacrifice of Isaac ] is much more a part of theology than of history.
Elie Wiesel
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Elie Wiesel
Age: 87 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 30
Died: 2016
Died: July 2
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I came to the conclusion that I am free to choose my own suffering. But I am not free to consent to someone else's suffering.
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Man walks the moon but his soul remains riveted to earth. Once upon a time it was the opposite.
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Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed....Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.
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The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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What do all my books have in common? A commitment to memory.
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[Moishe] explained to me, with great emphasis, that every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer.... And why do you pray, Moishe?' I asked him. I pray to the God within me for the strength to ask Him the real questions.
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Drawn to childhood, the old man will seek it in a thousand different ways.
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Take sides. Neutrality always serves the oppressor and never the oppressed.
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Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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Writing should not be routine writing should actually be the opposite of procedural because otherwise the written word would become a routine word.
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After all, God is God because he remembers.
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I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.
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For in the end, it is all about memory, its sources and its magnitude, and, of course, its consequences.
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Tibet's a tragedy. It's an insult to human decency.
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Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words
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The night was gone. The morning star was shining in the sky. I too had become a completely different person. The student of the Talmud, the child that I was, had been consumed in the flames. There remained only a shape that looked like me. A dark flame had entered into my soul and devoured it.
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Love makes everything complicated.
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If you ask me what I want to achieve, it's to create an awareness, which is already the beginning of teaching.
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In the beginning there was faith - which is childish trust - which is vain and illusion - which is dangerous.
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