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“What do all my books have in common? A commitment to memory.”

Quote by Elie Wiesel

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A renowned Jewish author and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Elie Wiesel is known for his profound literary achievements and for recording and spreading the history of the Holocaust as a survivor. His works deeply reveal the terror of the Nazi Holocaust and the universal nature of human suffering. more

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“Philosophy is a slow process of logic and logical discourse: A bringing B bringing C and so forth. In mysticism you can jump from A to Z. But the ultimate objective is the same. It's knowledge. It's truth.”

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Book:Elie Wiesel: Conversations

Source: Elie Wiesel: Conversations

“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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Book:Elie Wiesel: Conversations

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“What I don't like today is, to put it coarsely, the phony Hasidism, the phony mysticism. Many students say, "Teach me mysticism." It's a joke.”

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“The most important question a human being has to face... What is it? The question, Why are we here?”

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“I have had the rich satisfaction of knowing and working with many openly gay and lesbian Americans, and I have come to realize that "gay" is an artificial category when it comes to measuring a man or woman's on-the-job performance or commitment to shared goals. It says little about the person. Our differences and prejudices pale next to our historic challenge.”

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“Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be.”

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“I look forward to the day when I can be Republican again. I'm an Alan Simpson Republican.”

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“I have noticed this, that when a man is full of the Holy Ghost he is the very last man to be complaining of other people.”

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“People, when asked if they are Christians, give some of the strangest answers you ever heard. Some will say if you ask them: "Well - well - well, I, - I hope I am." Suppose a man should ask me if I am an American. Would I say: "Well, I - well, I - I hope I am?”

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“The Spirit of God first imparts love; He next inspires hope, and then gives liberty; and that is about the last thing we have in a good many of our churches at the present time.”

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Book:The Secret of Success in the Christian Life

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