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Elie Wiesel Quotes

"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.""We must not see any person as an abstraction. Instead, we must see in every person a universe with its own secrets, with its own treasures, with its own sources of anguish, and with some measure of triumph.""Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write.""What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge.""The persecuted, the prosecuted, the pauper, they owe their lives to their brothers.""Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.""No human being is illegal.""There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.""With one more person, there will be one more prayer; and with one more prayer, there will be more justice; and with more justice, there will be more peace.""Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.""For anything to change, someone has to start acting differently.""There is divine beauty in learning, just as there is human beauty in tolerance.""Peace is our gift to each other.""Forgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret of redemption.""Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.""I have learned two lessons in my life: first, there are no sufficient literary, psychological, or historical answers to human tragedy. Second, there are no tragic answers, only silent ones.""Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.""Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.""We must not forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed.""Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and 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."