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An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman

Elie Wiesel

I was there when God was put on trial. At the end of the trial, they used the word chayav, rather than ‘guilty’. It means ‘He owes us something’. Then we went to pray.
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Death End God Guilty Himself Prayer Trial
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
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Ash Dreams Forget God Moments Murder
Bite your lips, little brother…Don’t cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now…Wait. Clench your teeth and wait.
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Angry Bite Cry Day Lips Wait
Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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Himself Story Survive
In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.
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Face Right See Suffering
Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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Help Oppression Side Victim
A Jew must be sensitive to the pain of all human beings. A Jew cannot remain indifferent to human suffering… The mission of the Jewish people has never been to make the world more Jewish, but to make it more human.
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Human Mission Pain People Religion Suffering
I came to the conclusion that I am free to choose my own suffering. But I am not free to consent to someone else’s suffering.
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Choice Freedom Myself Suffering
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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Exercise Himself Man Power Ultimate
What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
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Cruelty Discrimination Hurt Silence Stand Victim
Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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Forever Oneself Place Question
There is much to be done, there is much that can be done… one person of integrity can make a difference.
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Difference Integrity Myself Person
To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
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Death Forget Kill Time
Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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Forever Moments Myself Spark Time
You’re shaking … so am I. It’s because of Jerusalem, isn’t it? One doesn’t go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. That’s one of its mysteries.
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God Mystery Oneself Religious Return Shaking
Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us.
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Build Cry Human Separate Suffering Wall

An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman

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