12 Best Elie Wiesel Quotes for inspiration

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Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.

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

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Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.

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I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.

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We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

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Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.

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Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.

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There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

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Some stories are true that never happened.

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When language fails, violence becomes a language; I never had that feeling.

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Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.

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Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.

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