Elie Wiesel quotes - page 9

For us, forgetting was never an option. Remembering is a noble and necessary act. (Elie Wiesel)
Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately. View quote
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Yisgadal, veyiskadash, shmey raba...May His name be celebrated and sanctified... View quote
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I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it. View quote
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When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. View quote
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When you see the abyss, and we have looked into it, then what There isn't much room at the edge -- one person, another, not many. If you are there, others cannot be there. If you are there, you become a protective wall. What happens You become part of t. View quote
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From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me. View quote
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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, because it is also sterile. View quote
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Listen to me, kid. Don't forget that you are in a concentration camp. In this place, it is every many for himself, and you cannot think of others. Not even you father. In this place, there is no such thing as father, brother, friend. Each of us lives and dies alone. Let me give you good advice: stop giving your ration of bread and soup to your old father. You cannot help him anymore. And you are hurting yourself. In fact, you should be getting his rations... View quote
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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 those in despair. It is expressed by the desire to give a noble and humanizing meaning to a community in which all members will define themselves not by their own identity but by that of others. View quote
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Miracles in mysticism don't occupy such an important place. It's metaphor, for the peasants, for the crowds, to impress people. What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically. You plunge into it. Philosophy is a slow process of logic and logical discourse: A bringing B bringing C and so forth. In mysticism you can jump from A to Z. But the ultimate objective is the same. It's knowledge. It's truth. (Elie Wiesel)
I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents. View quote
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The greatest commandment to me in the Bible is not the Ten Commandments. (First of all, it's too difficult to observe; second, we all pretend to observe.) My commandment is ‘Thou shall not stand idly by.' Which means, when you witness an injustice: Don't stand idly by. When you hear of a person or a group being persecuted: Do not stand idly by. When there is something wrong with the community around you or far away: Do not stand idly by. You must intervene. You must interfere. And that is actually the motto of human rights. View quote
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BERISH: I resigned from membership in God-I resigned from God. Let Him look for another innkeeper, let Him find another people, let Him push around another Jew-I'm through with Him! MARIA: Don't you worry, Master. You say things, but God isn't angry How could He be? He isn't even listening. View quote
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BERISH: Prosecutor. That's what I am going to be. Prosecutor. MARIA: What's that? AVREMEL: That's someone nice who has the right to be nasty. View quote
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AVREMEL: You came to us from Zhironov? YANKEL: Were you there when- MENDEL: Yes, I was there. AVREMEL: How did you manage to escape? SAM: There is always one singled out to escape. YANKEL: A miracle! SAM: There is always someone to call it a miracle. View quote
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You, who are so-called illegal aliens, must know that no human being is "illegal." That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal? View quote
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For us, forgetting was never an option. Remembering is a noble and necessary act. The call of memory, the call to memory, reaches us from the very dawn of history. No commandment figures so frequently, so insistently, in the Bible. It is incumbent upon us to remember the good we have received, and the evil we have suffered. View quote
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