Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us.
ELIE WIESELBut where was I to start? The world is so vast, I shall start with the country I knew best, my own. But my country is so very large. I had better start with my town. But my town, too, is large. I had best start with my street. No, my home. No, my family. Never mind, I shall start with myself.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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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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A Jew must be sensitive to the pain of all human beings. A Jew cannot remain indifferent to human suffering… The mission of the Jewish people has never been to make the world more Jewish, but to make it more human.
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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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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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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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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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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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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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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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Think higher, feel deeper.
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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.
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To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice.
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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.
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