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

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

Elie Wiesel
Giving Up, Order, Giving

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

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

In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see. In the face of injustice, one may not look the other way. When someone suffers, and it is not you, that person comes first. One's very suffering gives one priority. . . . To watch over one who grieves is a more urgent duty than to think of God.

Elie Wiesel
Thinking, Grieving, Giving

Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.

Elie Wiesel
Giving, Meaning Of Life, Overcoming

I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him the right questions.

Elie Wiesel
Giving, Praying, Give Me Strength
Elie Wiesel (1982). “Night”, New York, Bantam

Peace is our gift to each other.

Elie Wiesel
Peace, Giving, Humanity

I'm not a military man. I wish I were, then maybe I could give some advice.

Elie Wiesel
Military, Men, Giving
Source: dailynorthwestern.com

Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words

Elie Wiesel
Music, Giving, Doe

I'd almost say hope isn't what it used to be. It's very difficult today to be a teacher. I speak to children. And tell them, look, no matter what, you must have hope. You must. When I invoke Camus, who said when there is no hope, you must invent hope. . .hope is something that is not what God gives us. It's like peace. It's a gift that one can give to one another. Only another person can push me to despair. And only another person can push me to hope. Its my choice.

Elie Wiesel
Teacher, Children, Giving

I would say to [Chinese government], You don't need Tibet really. You don't need all the problems Tibet creates for you. It's so small, so far away. Give them their religious freedom and I know that they wouldn't misuse it.

Elie Wiesel
Religious, Government, Giving
Source: www.savetibet.org

When I have my manuscript finished, more or less, I type it myself, with two fingers. I type fast with two fingers. And then when it's ready, I reread, recorrect, and retype it. Everything is my own work. I do not give it to secretaries or to typists.

Elie Wiesel
Two, Giving, Fingers
Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

I would hesitate to give advice to the Dalai Lama and his people because they are suffering. The Dalai Lama suffered from exile and the people in Tibet suffer from oppression.

Elie Wiesel
People, Giving, Advice
Source: www.savetibet.org

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