Elie Wiesel Quotes

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• This is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century - solidarity with the weak, the persecuted, the lonely, the sick, and…
• Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.
• Whatever you think in life... think higher and feel deeper.
• Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.
• Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
• Every moment is a new beginning.
• Memory is the keyword which combines past with present, past and future.
• Perhaps fate isn't blind after all. Perhaps it's capable of fantasy, even compassion.
• Holy War is a contradiction of terms...
• Only one enemy is worse than despair: indifference. In every area of human creativity, indifference is the enemy; indifference of evil is worse than evil,…
• Why is war such an easy option? Why does peace remain such an elusive goal? We know statesmen skilled at waging war, but where are…
• In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.
• 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…
• Every nation has its prestigious military academies - or so few of them - that reach not only the virtues of peace but also the…
• 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…
• For one who is indifferent, life itself is a prison. Any sense of community is external or, even worse, nonexistent. Thus, indifference means solitude. Those…
• There is much to be done, there is much that can be done... one person of integrity can make a difference...
• Acutely aware of the poverty of my means, language became obstacle. At every page I thought, 'That's not it.' So I began again with other…
• 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…
• 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…

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