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When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.

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The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's...more

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I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an answer for that. D...more

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The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.

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We marched. Gates opened and closed. We continued to march between the barbed wire. At every step, white signs with black skulls looked down on us. Th...more

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Man asks and God replies but we don't understand his replies because they dwell in the depths of our souls and remain there until we die.

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When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratit...more

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We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silent encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

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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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I needed to know that there was such a thing as love and that it brought smiles and joy in its wake.

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Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking, loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of words that have b...more

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War is like night, she said. It covers everything.

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The stars were only sparks of the fire which devoured us. Should that fire die out one day, there would be nothing left in the sky but dead stars, dea...more

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We are all brothers and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive....more

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We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything--death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronge...more