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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

Elie Wiesel

To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice.
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Death Forget Kill
Every Jew, somewhere in his being, should set apart a zone of hate – healthy virile hate – for what the German personifies and for what persists in the German.
ELIE WIESEL

Hate Health Persistence Religious
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.
ELIE WIESEL

Adult Choice Deserve Hope Ourselves Suffering Ugly Violence
To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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Different Greatness Silence Sin
Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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Himself Story Survive
What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
ELIE WIESEL

Cruelty Discrimination Hurt Silence Stand Victim
But where was I to start? The world is so vast, I shall start with the country I knew best, my own. But my country is so very large. I had better start with my town. But my town, too, is large. I had best start with my street. No, my home. No, my family. Never mind, I shall start with myself.
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Better Country Inspirational Myself Start World
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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Encouragement Silence Torment
The most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
ELIE WIESEL

Face Human Important Philosophy Question
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
ELIE WIESEL

Angel Care Dangerous Demon Myself Word
Think higher, feel deeper.
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Deep Feeling High One Liner Thinking
Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us.
ELIE WIESEL

Build Cry Human Separate Suffering Wall
I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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Future Myself Past
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
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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Baby Better Burn God Yourself
Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
ELIE WIESEL

Accountability Enough Human Leaving Problem

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