Elie Wiesel

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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

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There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest

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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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If the only prayer you say throughout your life is "Thank You," then that will be enough

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For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time