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Open Heart

A profoundly and unexpectedly intimate, deeply affecting summing up of life so far, from one of the most cherished moral voices of our time. Eighty-two years old, facing emergency heart surgery and his own mortality, Elie Wiesel reflects back on

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“Even in darkness it is possible to create light and encourage compassion. That it is possible to feel free inside a prison. That even in exile, friendship exists and can become an anchor. That one instant before dying, man is still immortal.”

— Elie Wiesel, amazon.com

Tagged: Darkness, Compassion, Freedom, Exile, Friendship

“I still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted by the enemies of mankind. And I continue to cling to words because it is up to us to transform them into instruments of comprehension rather than contempt. It is up to us to choose…”

— Elie Wiesel, amazon.com

Tagged: Hope, humanity, Language

“We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children, between the ugliness of hate and the will to oppose it. Between inflicting suffering and humiliation on our fellow man and offering him the solidarity and hope he deserves. Or not.”

— Elie Wiesel, amazon.com

Tagged: Violence, Suffering, Human Being, Hope, Faith

“Even in darkness it is possible to create light and encourage compassion. That it is possible to feel free inside a prison. That even in exile, friendship exists and can become an anchor. That one instant before dying, man is still immortal.”

— Elie Wiesel, amazon.com

Tagged: Darkness, Light, Happiness, Friendship, Peace

“I still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted by the enemies of mankind. And I continue to cling to words because it is up to us to transform them into instruments of comprehension rather than contempt. It is up to us to choose…”

— Elie Wiesel, amazon.com

Tagged: Good and Bad, Evil, Good And Evil, humanity, wounds