Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
ELIE WIESELAn indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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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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Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
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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 swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason.
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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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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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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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In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.
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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice.
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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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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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