Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.
ELIE WIESELEven in darkness it is possible to create light.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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Every Jew, somewhere in his being, should set apart a zone of hate – healthy virile hate – for what the German personifies and for what persists in the German.
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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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Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.
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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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What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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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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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
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Education in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century.
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Be careful with words, they’re dangerous. Be wary of them. They begat either demons or angels. It’s up to you to give life to one or the other. Be careful, I tell you, nothing is as dangerous as giving free rein to words
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Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.
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A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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We are all teachers, or should be. Anyone who relays experience to another person is a teacher. Not to transmit your experience is to betray it.
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you can do something. You can, even for one person Don’t turn away; help. Because those who suffer, often suffer not because of the person or the group that inflicts the suffering; they seem to suffer because nobody cares.
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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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