Think higher, feel deeper.
ELIE WIESELWe 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.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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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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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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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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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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In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.
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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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Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.
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To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice.
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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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In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s 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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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
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I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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