To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
ELIE WIESELEmphasis 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.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.
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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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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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My faith is a wounded faith, but it’s not without faith. My life is not without faith.
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In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.
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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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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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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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To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice.
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Every moment is a new beginning.
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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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The most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
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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 word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
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Education in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century.
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