Elie Wiesel — 'We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.'
“One person of integrity can make a difference”: The powerful words of “Night” author Elie Wiesel
- “Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when
human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become
irrelevant. Wherever men or women are persecuted because of their race,
religion, or political views, that place must—at that moment—become the
center of the universe.”
(let blog owner add: "because of their sex"
- “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks
degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.”
- “No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.”
- “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.”
- “Think higher, feel deeper.”
- “No human being is illegal.”
- “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
- “One person of integrity can make a difference.”
- “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.”
- “To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.”
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