For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories
ELIE WIESELYou’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.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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Think higher, feel deeper.
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Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.
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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman
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Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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No human being is illegal. That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?
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I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory.
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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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Education in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century.
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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
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When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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Every moment is a new beginning.
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