Education in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century.
ELIE WIESELMost people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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Think higher, feel deeper.
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This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story – and perhaps into a prayer.
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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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An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman
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Be careful with words, they’re dangerous. Be wary of them. They begat either demons or angels. It’s up to you to give life to one or the other. Be careful, I tell you, nothing is as dangerous as giving free rein to words
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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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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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Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.
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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.
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When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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For us it’s not easy to be conformist, I cannot stand to be conformist, I don’t accept what it is, I like to say no. If I see an injustice I scream.
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We must not see any person as an abstraction. Instead, we must see in every person a universe with its own secrets, with its own treasures, with its own sources of anguish, and with some measure of triumph.
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A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice.
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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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