We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children. Between the ugliness of hate and the will to oppose it. Between inflicting suffering and humiliation on our fellow man and offering him the solidarity and hope he deserves.
ELIE WIESELFor the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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The most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
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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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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.
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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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Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.
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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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Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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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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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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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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Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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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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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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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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