More from Elie Wiesel
Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel 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.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel 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.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel 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.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel 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
Elie WieselElie Wiesel Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel 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.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel 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.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel 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.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel Once upon a time refugee meant somebody who has a refuge, found a place, a haven where he could find refuge.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel 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.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel
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How strange that our hearts heal from the same thing that broke it -love.
Cailin HargreavesCailin Hargreaves The peak of intensity is numbness not emotionless.
Anamika GargAnamika Garg She is everything and nothing at all.
Ava NicoleAva Nicole She built her castle at rock bottom.
Harriet SelinaHarriet Selina Keep growing into yourself.
Sophia JoanSophia Joan They tell you to be grateful for what you have. But you are also allowed to be sad for what you have lost.
Sabina LauraSabina Laura what the sky is to a bird is like a dream for a dreamer.
Safna SulaimanSafna Sulaiman The Red Rose on my grave shows once I was in love.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander
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My music will go on forever. Maybe it’s a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.
Bob MarleyBob Marley I intend to live forever, or die trying.
Groucho MarxGroucho Marx Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.
Kobe BryantKobe Bryant But if there’s love, dear – those are the ties that bind, and you’ll have a family in your heart, forever.
Robin WilliamsRobin Williams I don’t believe in aging. I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun.
Virginia WoolfVirginia Woolf When I fall in love, it will be forever.
Jane AustenJane Austen Yesterday is gone forever. Make the most of today and tomorrow if you wish to make up for lost time.
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
SocratesSocrates
