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 WIESELA religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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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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We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.
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Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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Every moment is a new beginning.
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An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman
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Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.
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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason.
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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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Bite your lips, little brother…Don’t cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now…Wait. Clench your teeth and wait.
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To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
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The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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I 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.
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