To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
ELIE WIESEL
ELIE WIESEL
Elie Wiesel on death
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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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Elie WieselElie Wiesel Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel Think higher, feel deeper.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel One person of integrity can make a difference.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel Education in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century.
Elie WieselElie 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.
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