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Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Elie Wiesel

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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Education Hate Repeat Violence
Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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Human Man Suffering Woman
When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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Gratitude Herself Humanity Missing Person
Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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Creation Darkness Light Possible
The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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Kill Philosophy Silence Word Wrong
To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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Different Greatness Silence Sin
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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Exercise Himself Man Power Ultimate
What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
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Cruelty Discrimination Hurt Silence Stand Victim
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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Encouragement Silence Torment
I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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Feeling Myself Understand Writing
One person of integrity can make a difference.
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Difference Integrity Oneself Person
We are all teachers, or should be. Anyone who relays experience to another person is a teacher. Not to transmit your experience is to betray it.
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Betrayal Experience Person Teacher
Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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Himself Story Survive
Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.
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Hands Life Open
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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Education Learning Substitute Word
you can do something. You can, even for one person Don’t turn away; help. Because those who suffer, often suffer not because of the person or the group that inflicts the suffering; they seem to suffer because nobody cares.
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Group Person Suffering Yourself

Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

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