An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman
ELIE WIESELOnly the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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For us it’s not easy to be conformist, I cannot stand to be conformist, I don’t accept what it is, I like to say no. If I see an injustice I scream.
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A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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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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Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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A Jew must be sensitive to the pain of all human beings. A Jew cannot remain indifferent to human suffering… The mission of the Jewish people has never been to make the world more Jewish, but to make it more human.
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This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story – and perhaps into a prayer.
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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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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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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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Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
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