In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous.
Elie WieselWe believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.
Elie WieselTags: trust belief-in-god sacred-spark
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Elie WieselTags: victim trauma abuse torment abuser oppressor conspiracy-of-silence
...Those who know don't talk and those who talk don't know.
Elie WieselWe are all brothers and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive. (pg. 39)
Elie WieselTags: humanity
--"And then I explained to him how naive we were, that the world did know and remained silent. And that is why I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the opppresso, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. 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."
"Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere."
"As long as one dissident is in prison, our freedom will not be true. As long as one child is hungry, our life will be filled with anguish and shame. What all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them, that when their voices are stifled we shall lend them ours, that while their freedom depends on ours, the quality of our freedom depends on theirs."
" We know that every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering; not to share them would mean to betray them. Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately.
A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent.
Elie WieselThose who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow.
Elie WieselTo remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
Elie WieselIndifference to me, is the epitome of all evil.
Elie WieselTags: evil objectivism atlas-shrugged ayn-rand sociopathy psychopaths psychopathic-personalities psychopathology evil-men the-root-of-evil
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