Elie Wiesel on education
Elie Wiesel75 quotes“Emphasis must be put on learning: there is no substitute to education. It can be briefly formulated in a few words: always, whatever you do in life, think higher and feel deeper.”
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Once upon a time refugee meant somebody who has a refuge, found a place, a haven where he could find refuge.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel Every single human being is a unique human being. And, therefore, it’s so criminal to do something to that human being, because he or she represents humanity.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.
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Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
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Sayed AbbasSayed Abbas To attain success everyone speaks about consistency, don’t give up & patience but no one talk about the start.
Rohit DeoraRohit Deora Take a moment to look back. Change the process slightly from your discovery. Start again.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park The silence was broken with the music of your pain, but with every note i could see a part of you healing.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia It has been the craziest year filled with so many adventures, amazing friends, accomplishments & memories.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson They say what is lost can always be found in the last place you look but I wouldn’t be so sure that you’ll ever see this version of me again.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I want to see our demons complement each other for the rest of our lives.
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In our education system, we are taught to munch figures and remember them for lifetime. But does it help? We are not taught how to make decisions.
Chetan BhagatChetan Bhagat You are not educated if all you have achieved is the study of ten books.
Sai BabaSai Baba Religious superstitions more than all other influences put together cripple & enslave woman, but so long as women themselves do not see it & hug their chains, we have a great educational work to do.
Elizabeth Cady StantonElizabeth Cady Stanton True beauty lies in true education.
Sai BabaSai Baba For education among all kinds of men always has had, and always will have, an element of danger and revolution, of dissatisfaction and discontent.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois Pure love is the chief manifestation of education.
Sai BabaSai Baba Apart from education, you need good health, and for that, you need to play sports.
Kapil DevKapil Dev Education has to cultivate humility and discipline, but today it is yielding a harvest of pride and envy.
Sai BabaSai Baba
