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When I see a child who is hungry, I see a person who is humiliated.
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 have tried to keep memory alive... I have tried to fight those who would forget. Because if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices.
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For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.
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It was the beginning of the war. I was twelve years old, my parents were alive, and God still dwelt in our town.
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I don't want my past to become anyone else's future.
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I would hesitate to give advice to the Dalai Lama and his people because they are suffering. The Dalai Lama suffered from exile and the people in Tibet suffer from oppression.
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I don't think I should accept other people's suffering because I suffered. Just the opposite, because I suffered I don't want others to suffer.
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The opposite of faith is not heresy but indifference
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Though we talk peace, we wage war. Sometimes we even wage war in the name of peace. Does that seem paradoxical? Well, war is not afraid of paradoxes.
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