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Letter "E" » 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.»
«I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.»
Author: Elie Wiesel
(Writer)
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Silence
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«Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.»
Author: Elie Wiesel
(Writer)
| About:
Friendship
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degenerated, degenerates, degenerating, Marks, obsession, obsessions, risks, sharing
«Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.»
Author: Elie Wiesel
(Writer)
«There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.»
«I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.»
Author: Elie Wiesel
(Writer)
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Faith,
God,
Religion
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closer, protest, protested, protesting, protests
«I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.»
«Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on the canvas that the reader sees. Writing is more like a sculpture where you remove, you eliminate in order to make the work visible. Even those pages you remove somehow remain.»
Author: Elie Wiesel
(Writer)
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Writing
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ADD, canvas, eliminate, eliminates, Eliminating, in working order, pages, painting, put on, reader, remove, sculpture, sculptures, somehow, visible
«Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.»
«There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.»
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