In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.
ELIE WIESELThink higher, feel deeper.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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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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My faith is a wounded faith, but it’s not without faith. My life is not without faith.
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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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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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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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Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.
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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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Human beings all change. Not what they are but who they are. We have the power to change what we do with our life and turn it into our destiny.
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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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A Jew must be sensitive to the pain of all human beings. A Jew cannot remain indifferent to human suffering… The mission of the Jewish people has never been to make the world more Jewish, but to make it more human.
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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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Every moment is a new beginning.
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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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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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