Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.
ELIE WIESELBite 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.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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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 philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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Every single human being is a unique human being. And, therefore, it’s so criminal to do something to that human being, because he or she represents humanity.
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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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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
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We must not see any person as an abstraction. Instead, we must see in every person a universe with its own secrets, with its own treasures, with its own sources of anguish, and with some measure of triumph.
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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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All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.
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Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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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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This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story – and perhaps into a prayer.
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One person of integrity can make a difference.
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