Education in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century.
ELIE WIESELOnce upon a time refugee meant somebody who has a refuge, found a place, a haven where he could find refuge.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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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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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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An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman
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Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.
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Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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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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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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No human being is illegal. That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?
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Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.
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Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us.
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This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story – and perhaps into a prayer.
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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
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