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 WIESELWe 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.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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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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Most 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.
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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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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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Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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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.
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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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I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason.
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Better that one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all.
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Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.
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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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Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.
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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.
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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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