"I told him that I did not believe that they could burn people in our age, that humanity would never tolerate it . . ."

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Elie Wiesel

#Believe Quotes #People Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“It is deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the object of violent malice in speech or in action. Such treatment deserves condemnation from the church's pastors wherever it occurs. ... The intrinsic dignity of each person must always be respected in work, in action and in law.”
“There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”

Source : Stephen Chbosky (2012). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, p.159, Simon and Schuster
“Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.”

Source : Aaron Swartz (2016). “The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz”, p.26, The New Press
“I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.”
“Are all American girls as daft as you, Rachel?" "I hope so," I said.”
“I still dream that it was you. No matter how many times I've looked, in my dreams it's always been you who were meant to be my queen.”
“There is, on the whole, nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school. To begin with, it is a prison. But in some respects more cruel than a prison. In a prison, for instance, you are not forced to read books written by the warders and the governor. . . .In the prison you are not forced to sit listening to turnkeys discoursing without charm or interest on subjects that they don't understand and don't care about, and therefore incapable of making you understand or care about. In a prison they may torture your body; but they do not torture your brains.”
“I love the trick of painting. You can have the movement within the still thing, but it is completely fixed. And that illusion is constantly exciting.”

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