Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
ELIE WIESELBecause I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.
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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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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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Think higher, feel deeper.
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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 remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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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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Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.
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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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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 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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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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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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