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1 " Indifference is the sign of sickness, a sickness of the soul more contagious than any other. "
― Elie Wiesel , The Judges
2 " Only fanatics — in religion as well as in politics — can find a meaning in someone else’s death. "
3 " Not all games are innocent. Some come dangerously close to cruelty. "
4 " Life belongs to man, but the meaning of life is beyond him. "
5 " Which is better, truth that is a lie or the lie that is truth? "
6 " Remember also that it is not knowledge but the yearning for knowledge that makes for a complete, accomplished man. Such a man does not stand still but perseveres in the face of adversity, nor does he remain untouched by the pain cause by absence. On the contrary, he recognizes himself in each cry, uttered or repressed, in the smallest rift, in the most pressing need. "
7 " Certain things, certain events, seem inexplicable only for a time: up to the moment when the veil is torn aside. "
8 " Just as there are predatory birds, so there are predatory ideas: I came under their spell. . . .Just as the survivors say that no one will ever understand the victims, what I must tell you is that you will never understand the executioners. "
9 " Each man was his own executioner and his own victim. "
10 " You shouldn’t act as a spokesperson for someone who’s trying to impose his will on you. "
11 " How can one explain the attraction terror holds for some minds — and why for intellectuals? . . .In a totalitarian and terrorist regime, man is no longer a unique being with infinite possibilities and limitless choices but a number, a puppet, with just this difference — numbers and puppets are not susceptible to fear. "
12 " But the forces of evil have not abdicated. The malevolent ghosts of hatred are resurgent with a fury and a boldness that are as astounding as they are nauseating: ethnic conflicts, religious riots, anti-Semitic incidents here, there, and everywhere. What is wrong with these morally degenerate people that they abuse their freedom, so recently won? "
13 " Man’s strength resides in his capacity and desire to elevate himself, so as to attain the good. To travel step by step toward the heights. And that is all he can do. To reach heaven and remain there is beyond his powers: Even Moses had to return to earth. Is it the same for evil? "
14 " Why had they arrested me?'Because of a word, perhaps, or a silent grimace,' Razziel Paritus suggested, stroking his beard. 'Or for something your parents were supposed to have done or said. In this country denouncing people is a social duty, a moral imperative, a kind of state religion. It's also possible they arrested you for no reason at all. That your only crime is your innocence. "
15 " The more you ask certain questions, the more dangerous they become. "
