Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
ELIE WIESELIn the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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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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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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My faith is a wounded faith, but it’s not without faith. My life is not without faith.
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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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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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What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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Emphasis must be put on learning: there is no substitute to education. It can be briefly formulated in a few words: always, whatever you do in life, think higher and feel deeper.
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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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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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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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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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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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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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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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Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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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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In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.
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Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.
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For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories
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Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.
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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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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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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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