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 WIESELHuman beings all change. Not what they are but who they are. We have the power to change what we do with our life and turn it into our destiny.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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My faith is a wounded faith, but my life is not without faith. I didn’t divorce God, but I’m quarrelling and arguing and questioning, it’s a wounded faith.
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In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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Human beings all change. Not what they are but who they are. We have the power to change what we do with our life and turn it into our destiny.
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Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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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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What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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For nearly 3,500 years Exodus has left such an imprint on people’s memories that I cannot imagine it had been invented just as a legend or a tale.
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The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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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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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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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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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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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.
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Think higher, feel deeper.
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An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman
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