What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
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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What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.
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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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There is much to be done, there is much that can be done… one person of integrity can make a difference.
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Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us.
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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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My faith is a wounded faith, but my life is not without faith. I didn’t divorce God, but I’m quarrelling and arguing and questioning, it’s a wounded faith.
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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.
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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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Better that one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all.
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Education in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century.
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Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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