Think higher, feel deeper.
ELIE WIESELFor 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.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
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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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To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice.
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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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Every moment is a new beginning.
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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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Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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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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I came to the conclusion that I am free to choose my own suffering. But I am not free to consent to someone else’s suffering.
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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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Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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