We must not see any person as an abstraction. Instead, we must see in every person a universe with its own secrets, with its own treasures, with its own sources of anguish, and with some measure of triumph.
ELIE WIESELOne person of integrity can make a difference.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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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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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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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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In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
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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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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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One person of integrity can make a difference.
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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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Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
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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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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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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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