Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.
ELIE WIESELWhat is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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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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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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To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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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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In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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Every moment is a new beginning.
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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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Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.
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I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory.
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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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The most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
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To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice.
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