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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

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.

Elie Wiesel
Memories, Evil, Dawn
"Hope, Despair and Memory". Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1986.

I have no doubt that faith is only pure when it does not negate the faith of another. I have no doubt that evil can be fought and that indifference is no option. I have no doubt that fanaticism is dangerous. And of all the books in the world on life, I have no doubt that the life of one person weighs more than them all.

Elie Wiesel
Life, Book, Evil
Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. November 2000.

When has religion ever been unifying? Religion has introduced many wars in this world, enough bloodshed and violence.

Elie Wiesel
Religious, War, Evil

'Indifference to evil is equal to evil' because it strengthens people.

Elie Wiesel
People, Evil, Indifference
Source: dailynorthwestern.com

Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.

Elie Wiesel
Life, Power, Evil
US News & World Report, October 27, 1986.

I'd rather speak as a student of philosophy. Philosophically it makes no sense, absolutely makes no sense. Why should people inherit evil things when their memories could contain and should invoke good things?

Elie Wiesel
Memories, Philosophy, Evil
Source: www.nobelprize.org

Man’s strength resides in his capacity and desire to elevate himself, so as to attain the good. To travel step by step toward the heights. And that is all he can do. To reach heaven and remain there is beyond his powers: Even Moses had to return to earth. Is it the same for evil?

Elie Wiesel
Men, Evil, Heaven
Elie Wiesel (2007). “The Judges: A Novel”, p.183, Schocken

But the forces of evil have not abdicated. The malevolent ghosts of hatred are resurgent with a fury and a boldness that are as astounding as they are nauseating: ethnic conflicts, religious riots, anti-Semitic incidents here, there, and everywhere. What is wrong with these morally degenerate people that they abuse their freedom, so recently won?

Elie Wiesel
Religious, People, Evil
Elie Wiesel (2007). “The Judges: A Novel”, p.140, Schocken

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.

Elie Wiesel
Creativity, Evil, Enemy

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