Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
ELIE WIESELIn order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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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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Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
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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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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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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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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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Think higher, feel deeper.
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The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
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For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories
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Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.
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