Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
ELIE WIESELEvery moment is a new beginning.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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For us it’s not easy to be conformist, I cannot stand to be conformist, I don’t accept what it is, I like to say no. If I see an injustice I scream.
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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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In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.
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What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
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To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
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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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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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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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Every single human being is a unique human being. And, therefore, it’s so criminal to do something to that human being, because he or she represents humanity.
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An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman
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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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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.
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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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Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
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