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.
ELIE WIESELI was there when God was put on trial. At the end of the trial, they used the word chayav, rather than ‘guilty’. It means ‘He owes us something’. Then we went to pray.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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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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Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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The most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
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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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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.
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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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Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.
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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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I was there when God was put on trial. At the end of the trial, they used the word chayav, rather than ‘guilty’. It means ‘He owes us something’. Then we went to pray.
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Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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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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I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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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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