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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

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.

Elie Wiesel

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.

Elie Wiesel

Inspirational, Life, Women

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

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.

Elie Wiesel

Inspirational, Sympathy, Believe

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

Every moment is a new beginning.

Elie Wiesel

Inspirational, Positive, New Beginnings

Elie Wiesel (2012). “Open Heart”, p.75, Schocken

Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write.

Elie Wiesel

Inspirational, Writing, Ifs

My good friends, we are all waiting. We are waiting, if not for the Messiah, as such, we are waiting for the messianic moment. And the messianic moment is what each and every one of us tries to build, meaning a certain area of humanity that links us to all those who are human and, therefore, desperately trying to fight despair as humanly as possible and - I hope - with some measure of success.

Elie Wiesel

Inspirational, Graduation, Fighting

"Learning and Respect". Elie Wiesel's commencement speech at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, June 15, 1997.

Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.

Elie Wiesel

Inspirational, Life, Truth

Elie Wiesel (2011). “The Fifth Son: A novel”, p.54, Schocken

Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.

Elie Wiesel

Inspirational, Positive, Encouraging

There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

Elie Wiesel

Inspirational, Life, Success

"The Little Book of Romanian Wisdom". Book edited by Diana Doroftei and Matthew Cross, 2011.

Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.

Elie Wiesel

Inspirational, Motivational, Responsibility

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