Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.
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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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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I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory.
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Once upon a time refugee meant somebody who has a refuge, found a place, a haven where he could find refuge.
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Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
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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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Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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My faith is a wounded faith, but it’s not without faith. My life is not without faith.
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When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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Better that one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all.
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One person of integrity can make a difference.
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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.
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Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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Every moment is a new beginning.
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