11/4/2023 0 Comments Night book holocaust quotesHuman suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. ![]() The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. Quotes on the Holocaust, and man’s inhumanity to man “Where He is? This is where–hanging here from this gallows…” His tongue was stillĪnd from within me, I heard a voice answer: But the third rope was still moving: the child, too light, was still breathing…Īnd so he remained for more than half an hour, lingering between life and death, writhing before our eyes.Īnd we were forced to look at him at close range. Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must – at that moment – become the center of the universe. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. ![]() Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed….Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Quotes from Elie Wiesel’s Night book trilogy I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds. Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures peace is our gift to each other. Even those pages you remove somehow remain. Writing is more like a sculpture where you remove, you eliminate in order to make the work visible. It is not what you put on the canvas that the reader sees. Writing is not like painting where you add. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again. I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. Quotes on Elie Wiesel’s Views About Life and His Own Feelings Like Camus, even when it seems hopeless, I invent reasons to hope ( Time) Camus said, ‘Where there is no hope, one must invent hope.’ It is only pessimistic if you stop with the first half of the sentence and just say, There is no hope. It is a gift only we can give one another. No human race is superior no religious faith is inferior. There are victories of the soul and spirit. ![]() Elie #Wiesel quotes on God, the Holocaust and humanity /fjQUicDMnd
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