Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.
ELIE WIESELWe 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.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
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There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
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Think higher, feel deeper.
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A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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For nearly 3,500 years Exodus has left such an imprint on people’s memories that I cannot imagine it had been invented just as a legend or a tale.
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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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Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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We are all teachers, or should be. Anyone who relays experience to another person is a teacher. Not to transmit your experience is to betray it.
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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.
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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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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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In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
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But where was I to start? The world is so vast, I shall start with the country I knew best, my own. But my country is so very large. I had better start with my town. But my town, too, is large. I had best start with my street. No, my home. No, my family. Never mind, I shall start with myself.
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In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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