Sunday, July 3, 2016

Elie Weisel Quotes

RIP Elie Weisel

"To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time."

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

"Indifference to me, is the epitome of all evil."

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

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

"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."

"Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love.  Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing."

"When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.  A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude."

"I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owed something to the dead and anyone who does not remember betrays them again."

"Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere."

"Those who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow."

"No human race is superior, no religious faith is inferior.  All collective judgments are wrong.  Only racists make them."


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