"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation."

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Source : Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.170, Schocken

Elie Wiesel

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“A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away.”

Source : Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1994). “Essential Turgenev”, p.545, Northwestern University Press
“Now, as God the maker play'd he taught the game to Nature whom he created in his image; taught her the selfsame game which he played to her.”
“Detest it [a certain difficult mathematics problem] just as much as lewd intercourse; it can deprive you of all your leisure, your health, your rest, and the whole happiness of your life.”
“I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible.”
“In geology we cannot dispense with conjectures: [but] because we are condemned to dream let us ensure that our dreams are like those of sane men-e.g. that they have their foundations in truth-and are not like the dreams of the sick, formed by strange combinations of phantasms, contrary to nature and therefore incredible.”
“The love-making of the bluebird is as beautiful as the bird itself, and normally as gentle, unless interrupted by some jealous rival who would steal his bride; then gentleness gives place to active combat. The male usually arrives a few days ahead of the female, selects what he considers to be a suitable summer home, and carols his sweetest, most seductive notes day after day until she appears in answer to his call.”

Source : Arthur Cleveland Bent (1949). “Life histories of North American thrushes, kinglets, and their allies: order Passeriformes”
“Truthfulness is godliness.”
“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.”

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