To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
ELIE WIESELTo forget a Holocaust is to kill twice.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
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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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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.
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For nearly 3,500 years Exodus has left such an imprint on people’s memories that I cannot imagine it had been invented just as a legend or a tale.
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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 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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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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What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
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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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you can do something. You can, even for one person Don’t turn away; help. Because those who suffer, often suffer not because of the person or the group that inflicts the suffering; they seem to suffer because nobody cares.
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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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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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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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