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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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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To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
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Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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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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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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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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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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You’re shaking … so am I. It’s because of Jerusalem, isn’t it? One doesn’t go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. That’s one of its mysteries.
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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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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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This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story – and perhaps into a prayer.
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An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman
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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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