Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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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An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman
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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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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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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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I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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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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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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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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For nearly 3,500 years Exodus has left such an imprint on people’s memories that I cannot imagine it had been invented just as a legend or a tale.
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One person of integrity can make a difference.
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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
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In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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