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.
ELIE WIESELIn order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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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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Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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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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What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
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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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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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An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman
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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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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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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice.
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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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Think higher, feel deeper.
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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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