There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
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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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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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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In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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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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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.
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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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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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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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Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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Think higher, feel deeper.
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Be careful with words, they’re dangerous. Be wary of them. They begat either demons or angels. It’s up to you to give life to one or the other. Be careful, I tell you, nothing is as dangerous as giving free rein to words
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Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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