Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
ELIE WIESELEternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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A Jew must be sensitive to the pain of all human beings. A Jew cannot remain indifferent to human suffering… The mission of the Jewish people has never been to make the world more Jewish, but to make it more human.
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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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All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.
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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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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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Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.
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Every moment is a new beginning.
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Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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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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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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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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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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