Izzeldin Abuelaish Quotes

• Tragedy cannot be the end of our lives. We cannot allow it to control and defeat us.

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  Tragedy, Defeat, Ends

  Izzeldin Abuelaish (2011). “I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity”, p.212, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• For any human being, freedom is essential, crucial, to our dignity and our ability to be fully human.

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  Being Free, Essentials, Dignity

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• ...you shouldn't hate something you don't know, because it may turn out to be the bearer of your greatest good fortune.

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  Hate, May, Fortune

  Izzeldin Abuelaish (2011). “I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity”, p.42, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• It is true that the sky was always beautiful but I don't remember marvelling at sunset or gazing at the dawn of a new day. Survival does not allow time for poetic reflection.

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  Beautiful, Sunset, Reflection

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• Anger and violence in Gaza and among Gazans is completely predictable. In a situation like ours, the absence of violence and anger would be abnormal. All of of us feel angry at least occasionally.

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  Would Be, Abnormal, Violence

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• It is human nature to seek revenge in the face of relentless suffering. You can’t expect an unhealthy person to think logically.

  Izzeldin Abuelaish

  Revenge, Thinking, Suffering

  Izzeldin Abuelaish (2011). “I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity”, p.4, Bloomsbury Publishing

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