All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.
ELIE WIESELEven in darkness it is possible to create light.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children. Between the ugliness of hate and the will to oppose it. Between inflicting suffering and humiliation on our fellow man and offering him the solidarity and hope he deserves.
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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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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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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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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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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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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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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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You’re shaking … so am I. It’s because of Jerusalem, isn’t it? One doesn’t go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. That’s one of its mysteries.
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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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Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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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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