Every Jew, somewhere in his being, should set apart a zone of hate – healthy virile hate – for what the German personifies and for what persists in the German.
ELIE WIESELMankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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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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Think higher, feel deeper.
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No human being is illegal. That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?
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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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We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.
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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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In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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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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To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
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Every single human being is a unique human being. And, therefore, it’s so criminal to do something to that human being, because he or she represents humanity.
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One person of integrity can make a difference.
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Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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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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My faith is a wounded faith, but it’s not without faith. My life is not without faith.
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Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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