We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.
ELIE WIESELWhen a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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We must not see any person as an abstraction. Instead, we must see in every person a universe with its own secrets, with its own treasures, with its own sources of anguish, and with some measure of triumph.
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Every Jew, somewhere in his being, should set apart a zone of hate – healthy virile hate – for what the German personifies and for what persists in the German.
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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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Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.
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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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I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.
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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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Human beings all change. Not what they are but who they are. We have the power to change what we do with our life and turn it into our destiny.
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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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Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.
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Emphasis must be put on learning: there is no substitute to education. It can be briefly formulated in a few words: always, whatever you do in life, think higher and feel deeper.
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