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f18c622	Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to life as long as God himself		Elie Wiesel
d17fb5b	And action is the only remedy to indifference, the most insidious danger of all.		Elie Wiesel
e8b8853	The stars were only sparks of the fire which devoured us. Should that fire die out one day, there would be nothing left in the sky but dead stars, dead eyes.	hopelessness stars night eyes	Elie Wiesel
1ddb63f	Usually, very early in the morning. German laborers were going to work. They would stop and look at us without surprise. One day when we had come to a stop, a worker took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it into a wagon. There was a stampede. Dozens of starving men fought desperately over a few crumbs. The worker watched the spectacle with great interest. Years later, I witnessed a similar spectacle in Aden. Our ship's passengers a..		Elie Wiesel
dc4da0f	Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us.		Elie Wiesel
4fd3080	Not all games are innocent. Some come dangerously close to cruelty.		Elie Wiesel
3a7466b	Life belongs to man, but the meaning of life is beyond him.		Elie Wiesel
1a6faca	Even in darkness it is possible to create light and encourage compassion. That it is possible to feel free inside a prison. That even in exile, friendship exists and can become an anchor. That one instant before dying, man is still immortal.	humanity	Elie Wiesel
ecdd24c	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 gett..		Elie Wiesel
7621564	Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately.		Elie Wiesel
9905f51	every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer . . .		Elie Wiesel
67e3916	Which is better, truth that is a lie or the lie that is truth?		Elie Wiesel
c0bd91b	Remember also that it is not knowledge but the yearning for knowledge that makes for a complete, accomplished man. Such a man does not stand still but perseveres in the face of adversity, nor does he remain untouched by the pain cause by absence. On the contrary, he recognizes himself in each cry, uttered or repressed, in the smallest rift, in the most pressing need.		Elie Wiesel
c9d0d62	The sky is so close to the sea that it is difficult to tell which is reflected in the other, which one needs the other, which one is dominating the other.		Elie Wiesel
0a0ebfd	We are all brothers and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive. (pg. 39)		Elie Wiesel
db19342	And then I explained to him how naive we were, that the world did know and remained silent. And that is why I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.		Elie Wiesel
d01c5c1	Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking, loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of words that have been spoken during the day takes on a new and deeper meaning.		Elie Wiesel
5eae11c	I needed to know that there was such a thing as love and that it brought smiles and joy in its wake.	joy love smiles	Elie Wiesel
6a99c02	Humanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible.	life	Elie Wiesel
1508ba2	Certain things, certain events, seem inexplicable only for a time: up to the moment when the veil is torn aside.		Elie Wiesel
a4762cf	Just as there are predatory birds, so there are predatory ideas: I came under their spell. . . .Just as the survivors say that no one will ever understand the victims, what I must tell you is that you will never understand the executioners.		Elie Wiesel
734a51d	You're shaking ... so am I. It's because of Jerusalem, isn't it? One doesn't go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. That's one of its mysteries.		Elie Wiesel
b7898ad	We're alone, but we are capable of communicating to one another both our loneliness and our desire to break through it. You say, 'I'm alone.' Someone answers, 'I'm alone too.' There's a shift in the scale of power. A bridge is thrown between the two abysses.		Elie Wiesel
7ecda2a	Life is really fascinated only by death. It vibrates only when it comes in contact with death.		Elie Wiesel
dd54e83	A man can laugh while he suffers.		Elie Wiesel
794de3c	We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children, between the ugliness of hate and the will to oppose it. Between inflicting suffering and humiliation on our fellow man and offering him the solidarity and hope he deserves. Or not.	humanity	Elie Wiesel
3d4b6d6	We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.	trust sacred-spark	Elie Wiesel
923ffdf	Never again" becomes more than a slogan: It's a prayer, a promise, a vow. There will never again be hatred, people say. Never again jail and torture. Never again the suffering of innocent people, or the shooting of starving, frightened, terrified children. And never again the glorification of base, ugly, dark violence. It's a prayer."		Elie Wiesel
df04892	This day I ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused.	faith religion god lamentation night	Elie Wiesel
976d753	Each man was his own executioner and his own victim.		Elie Wiesel
47ddc95	Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.		Elie Wiesel
02a8155	You shouldn't act as a spokesperson for someone who's trying to impose his will on you.		Elie Wiesel
2afa46d	There are moments when I think it will never end, that it will last indefinitely. It's like the rain. Here the rain, like everything else, suggests permanence and eternity. I say to myself: it's raining today and it's going to rain tomorrow and the next day, the next week and the next century.		Elie Wiesel
73bb550	It was like a page torn from a history book, from some historical novel about the captivity of babylon or Spanish Inquisition.		Elie Wiesel
55b65de	I am much more afraid of my good deeds that please me than of my bad deeds that repel me.		Elie Wiesel
70b599f	If life is not a celebration, why remember it ? If life --- mine or that of my fellow man --- is not an offering to the other, what are we doing on this earth?		Elie Wiesel
740894f	Violence is not the answer. Terrorism is the most dangerous of answers.	violence war	Elie Wiesel
bd93868	To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.		Elie Wiesel
459b2c3	You're at the bottom of the mountain. May you climb up without suffering.		Elie Wiesel
1f5f446	Next to him lay his violin, trampled, an eerily poignant little corpse.		Elie Wiesel
6541c64	It was the beginning of the war. I was twelve years old, my parents were alive, and God still dwelt in our town.		Elie Wiesel
4e385d7	War is like night, she said. It covers everything.	war night	Elie Wiesel
1643b05	For the good of all, I say: Be careful, the brutality of the world must not be more powerful or attractive than love and friendship.		Elie Wiesel
608738d	It is not always events that have touched us personally that affect us the most.		Elie Wiesel

Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to life as long as God himself

Elie Wiesel

d17fb5b

And action is the only remedy to indifference, the most insidious danger of all.

Elie Wiesel

e8b8853

The stars were only sparks of the fire which devoured us. Should that fire die out one day, there would be nothing left in the sky but dead stars, dead eyes.

hopelessness stars night eyes

Elie Wiesel

1ddb63f

Usually, very early in the morning. German laborers were going to work. They would stop and look at us without surprise. One day when we had come to a stop, a worker took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it into a wagon. There was a stampede. Dozens of starving men fought desperately over a few crumbs. The worker watched the spectacle with great interest. Years later, I witnessed a similar spectacle in Aden. Our ship's passengers a..

Elie Wiesel

dc4da0f

Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us.

Elie Wiesel

4fd3080

Not all games are innocent. Some come dangerously close to cruelty.

Elie Wiesel

3a7466b

Life belongs to man, but the meaning of life is beyond him.

Elie Wiesel

1a6faca

Even in darkness it is possible to create light and encourage compassion. That it is possible to feel free inside a prison. That even in exile, friendship exists and can become an anchor. That one instant before dying, man is still immortal.

humanity

Elie Wiesel

ecdd24c

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 gett..

Elie Wiesel

7621564

Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately.

Elie Wiesel

9905f51

every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer . . .

Elie Wiesel

67e3916

Which is better, truth that is a lie or the lie that is truth?

Elie Wiesel

c0bd91b

Remember also that it is not knowledge but the yearning for knowledge that makes for a complete, accomplished man. Such a man does not stand still but perseveres in the face of adversity, nor does he remain untouched by the pain cause by absence. On the contrary, he recognizes himself in each cry, uttered or repressed, in the smallest rift, in the most pressing need.

Elie Wiesel

c9d0d62

The sky is so close to the sea that it is difficult to tell which is reflected in the other, which one needs the other, which one is dominating the other.

Elie Wiesel

0a0ebfd

We are all brothers and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive. (pg. 39)

Elie Wiesel

db19342

And then I explained to him how naive we were, that the world did know and remained silent. And that is why I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Elie Wiesel

d01c5c1

Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking, loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of words that have been spoken during the day takes on a new and deeper meaning.

Elie Wiesel

5eae11c

I needed to know that there was such a thing as love and that it brought smiles and joy in its wake.

joy love smiles

Elie Wiesel

6a99c02

Humanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible.

life

Elie Wiesel

1508ba2

Certain things, certain events, seem inexplicable only for a time: up to the moment when the veil is torn aside.

Elie Wiesel

a4762cf

Just as there are predatory birds, so there are predatory ideas: I came under their spell. . . .Just as the survivors say that no one will ever understand the victims, what I must tell you is that you will never understand the executioners.

Elie Wiesel

734a51d

You're shaking ... so am I. It's because of Jerusalem, isn't it? One doesn't go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. That's one of its mysteries.

Elie Wiesel

b7898ad

We're alone, but we are capable of communicating to one another both our loneliness and our desire to break through it. You say, 'I'm alone.' Someone answers, 'I'm alone too.' There's a shift in the scale of power. A bridge is thrown between the two abysses.

Elie Wiesel

7ecda2a

Life is really fascinated only by death. It vibrates only when it comes in contact with death.

Elie Wiesel

dd54e83

A man can laugh while he suffers.

Elie Wiesel

794de3c

We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children, between the ugliness of hate and the will to oppose it. Between inflicting suffering and humiliation on our fellow man and offering him the solidarity and hope he deserves. Or not.

humanity

Elie Wiesel

3d4b6d6

We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.

trust sacred-spark

Elie Wiesel

923ffdf

Never again" becomes more than a slogan: It's a prayer, a promise, a vow. There will never again be hatred, people say. Never again jail and torture. Never again the suffering of innocent people, or the shooting of starving, frightened, terrified children. And never again the glorification of base, ugly, dark violence. It's a prayer."

Elie Wiesel

df04892

This day I ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused.

faith religion god lamentation night

Elie Wiesel

976d753

Each man was his own executioner and his own victim.

Elie Wiesel

47ddc95

Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

Elie Wiesel

02a8155

You shouldn't act as a spokesperson for someone who's trying to impose his will on you.

Elie Wiesel

2afa46d

There are moments when I think it will never end, that it will last indefinitely. It's like the rain. Here the rain, like everything else, suggests permanence and eternity. I say to myself: it's raining today and it's going to rain tomorrow and the next day, the next week and the next century.

Elie Wiesel

73bb550

It was like a page torn from a history book, from some historical novel about the captivity of babylon or Spanish Inquisition.

Elie Wiesel

55b65de

I am much more afraid of my good deeds that please me than of my bad deeds that repel me.

Elie Wiesel

70b599f

If life is not a celebration, why remember it ? If life --- mine or that of my fellow man --- is not an offering to the other, what are we doing on this earth?