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Whenever an angel says "Be not afraid!" you'd better start worrying. A big assignment is on the way.

— Elie Wiesel Spirituality and Liberation : Overcoming the Great Fallacy (1988)

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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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My commandment is ‘Thou shall not stand idly by.’

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