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.
ELIE WIESELOnce you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.
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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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I came to the conclusion that I am free to choose my own suffering. But I am not free to consent to someone else’s suffering.
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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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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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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 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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To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
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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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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.
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There is much to be done, there is much that can be done… one person of integrity can make a difference.
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One person of integrity can make a difference.
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