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Elie Wiesel Quotes

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What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.

What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.

Hurt, Pain, Bystanders

"Courage To Care - Rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust" by Carol Rittner and Sandra Meyers, NYU Press, (p. 2), 1986.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Peace, Bystanders, History

Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.170, Schocken

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

Love, Inspirational, Life

US News & World Report, October 27, 1986.

Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.

Inspirational, Life, Women

Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.170, Schocken

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Freedom, Philosophy, Military

Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.182, Schocken

To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.

Sin, Silent, Indifferent

Elie Wiesel, Harry J. Cargas (1993). “Telling the tale: a tribute to Elie Wiesel on the occasion of his 65th birthday : essays, reflections, and poems”, Time Being Press

I learned to trust the threats of enemies before the promises of friends.

Promise, Enemy, Threat

For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories

Memories, Bears, Responsible

Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

Bystanders, Remembrance, Silence

Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 11 Dec. 1986

Even in darkness it is possible to create light.

Positivity, Light, Darkness

"'Even in Darkness, It Is Possible To Create Light' - Elie Wiesel Top Quotes on Survival, Faith and Perseverance Upon News of Death" by Jonalyn Cueto, www.christianpost.com. July 3, 2016.

People become the stories they hear and the stories they tell.

People, Stories

In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.

Giving Up, Order, Giving

One person of integrity can make a difference.

Integrity, Differences, Making A Difference

Elie Wiesel (2012). “Night”, p.143, Macmillan

I still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted by the enemies of mankind. And I continue to cling to words because it is up to us to transform them into instruments of comprehension rather than contempt. It is up to us to choose whether we wish to use them to curse or to heal, to wound or to console.

Inspirational, Sympathy, Believe

Elie Wiesel (2012). “Open Heart”, p.73, Schocken

In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.

Compassion, Suffering, Faces

Elie Wiesel (2013). “Messengers of God: A True Story of Angelic Presence and the Return to”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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

Teaching, Angel, Giving

Elie Wiesel (2011). “Legends of Our Time”, p.14, Schocken

I write to understand as much as to be understood.

Writing, Understanding, Literature

Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.12, Schocken

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.

Peace, Remember, Mankind

The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.

Silence, Philosopher

Elie Wiesel (2013). “The Testament”, p.151, Souvenir Press

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.

Unique, Humanity, Criminals

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

... True, we are often too weak to stop injustices; but the least we can do is to protest against them. True, we are too poor to eliminate hunger; but in feeding one child, we protest against hunger. True, we are too timid and powerless to take on all the guards of all the political prisons in the world; but in offering our solidarity to one prisoner we denounce all the tormentors. True, we are powerless against death; but as long as we help one man, one woman, one child live one hour longer in safety and dignity, we affirm man's [woman's] right to live.

Children, Men, Offering

Elie Wiesel (1993). “Sages and Dreamers: Biblical, Talmudic, and Hasidic Portraits and Legends”, Touchstone Books

The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.

Strong, Hate, Love Is

Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.

Dream, Heart, Past

"Hope, Despair and Memory". Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1986.

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.

Pain, Compassion, People

There is much to be done, there is much that can be done... one person of integrity can make a difference.

Integrity, Character, Differences

Elie Wiesel (2012). “Night”, p.143, Macmillan

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