In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.
ELIE WIESEL
Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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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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This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story – and perhaps into a prayer.
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I came to the conclusion that I am free to choose my own suffering. But I am not free to consent to someone else’s suffering.
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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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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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When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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you can do something. You can, even for one person Don’t turn away; help. Because those who suffer, often suffer not because of the person or the group that inflicts the suffering; they seem to suffer because nobody cares.
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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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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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Every Jew, somewhere in his being, should set apart a zone of hate – healthy virile hate – for what the German personifies and for what persists in the German.
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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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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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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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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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