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When you listen to a witness, you become a witness.
Elie Wiesel
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Elie Wiesel
Age: 87 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 30
Died: 2016
Died: July 2
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People become the stories they hear and the stories they tell.
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It is up to us to determine whether the years ahead will be for humankind a curse or a blessing. We always must remember that it is given to men and women to choose life and living, not death and destruction.
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Even if people tell me they have historical proof [that it is not historical], that doesn't really bother me.
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I don't believe in collective guilt. The children of killers are not killers, but children.
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I have one request: may I never use my reason against truth.
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It's not only America. Terrorism now is a threat to the whole world.
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Holy War is a contradiction of terms.
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You shouldn’t act as a spokesperson for someone who’s trying to impose his will on you.
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That is my major preoccupation, memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify that kingdom and serve it.
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When you see the abyss, and we have looked into it, then what? There isn't much room at the edge -- one person, another, not many. If you are there, others cannot be there. If you are there, you become a protective wall. What happens? You become part of t
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Some of the men spoke of God: His mysterious ways, the sins of the Jewish people, and the redemption to come. As for me, I had ceased to pray. I concurred with Job! I was not denying His existence, but I doubted His absolute justice.
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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.
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What do all my books have in common? A commitment to memory.
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Am I my brother's keeper? There you have the whole Biblical understanding that you are your brother's keeper. You also have a whole other understanding in which you are not your brother's keeper. And I've heard some extremely bright people take this position.
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No human being is illegal.
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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
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For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.
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