Education in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century.
ELIE WIESELThis is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story – and perhaps into a prayer.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories
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When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
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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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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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One person of integrity can make a difference.
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Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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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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Better that one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all.
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In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
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Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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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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In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.
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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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