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Elie Wiesel Quotes: I write to understand as much as to be understood.
         

I write to understand as much as to be understood.


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What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.

What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.



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

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



Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.



For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories

For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories



The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.

The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.



Even in darkness it is possible to create light.

Even in darkness it is possible to create light.



I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.



To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.

To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.



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

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



Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.





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Silence is the mother of truth.

Silence is the mother of truth.




The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.

The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.



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Boys find love in pants and girls find in pockets.



I have a very strong work ethic, and I'm very grateful for that. But I think there was a moment when I realized, "Oh, I can play a little as well."

I have a very strong work ethic, and I'm very grateful for that. But I think there was a moment when I realized, "Oh, I can play a little as well."



The sense of ultimate truth is the intellectual counterpart of the esthetic sense of perfect beauty, or the moral sense of perfect good.

The sense of ultimate truth is the intellectual counterpart of the esthetic sense of perfect beauty, or the moral sense of perfect good.



In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.

In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.



Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.

Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.



Let us agree that we are marrying so we can go on quarrelling in the greatest possible comfort and convenience.

Let us agree that we are marrying so we can go on quarrelling in the greatest possible comfort and convenience.



We learn together in teams. This involves a shift from a spirit of advocacy to a spirit of enquiry.

We learn together in teams. This involves a shift from a spirit of advocacy to a spirit of enquiry.




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