For nearly 3,500 years Exodus has left such an imprint on people’s memories that I cannot imagine it had been invented just as a legend or a tale.
ELIE WIESELTake sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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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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My faith is a wounded faith, but it’s not without faith. My life is not without faith.
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Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
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When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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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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In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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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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The most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
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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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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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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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There is much to be done, there is much that can be done… one person of integrity can make a difference.
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