What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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Think higher, feel deeper.
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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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To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice.
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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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When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
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I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
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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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Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story – and perhaps into a prayer.
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