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you have to believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy,”
‘Let the dead bury the dead but while I’m alive I must live and be happy.’”
“Sometimes I question the right to be happy, while so many are at war. But we must...
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‘We can know that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.’
We cannot always prevent the bad, but we also cannot let it overshadow the good.
The greatest revenge we can inflict is to have tolerance and kindness for ALL peoples,
Evil does not only happen when a person is abnormally bad. Evil happens when good people do not see the good in other people. Evil happens when we judge each other. Evil happens when we put ourselves higher than others. Evil happens when we stand by someone else’s evil and do not speak up.
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
My grandmother wants you to know what she went through so you can change the way our future looks. She wants you to know you can never let this happen again. She wants you to know that it doesn’t matter what race you are, or the color of your skin, or what religion you practice; we are all one. She wants you to treat others with respect and she wants you to stand up for those who are being treated unjustly, no matter who they are. She wants you to remember, so you can stand up for peace.
