One person of integrity can make a difference.
ELIE WIESELTo remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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Every single human being is a unique human being. And, therefore, it’s so criminal to do something to that human being, because he or she represents humanity.
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Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.
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Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.
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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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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.
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Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us.
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The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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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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A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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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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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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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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