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.
ELIE WIESELOne person of integrity can make a difference.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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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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For us it’s not easy to be conformist, I cannot stand to be conformist, I don’t accept what it is, I like to say no. If I see an injustice I scream.
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The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story – and perhaps into a prayer.
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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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Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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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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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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In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.
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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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You’re shaking … so am I. It’s because of Jerusalem, isn’t it? One doesn’t go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. That’s one of its mysteries.
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What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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