Author: Elie Wiesel

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When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.

When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.

- Elie Wiesel

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

- Elie Wiesel

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

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

- Elie Wiesel

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.

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.

- Elie Wiesel

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

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

- Elie Wiesel

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.

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.

- Elie Wiesel

Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.

Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.

- Elie Wiesel

Religion is not man's relationship to God, it is man's relationship to man.

Religion is not man's relationship to God, it is man's relationship to man.

- Elie Wiesel

Look, if I were alone in the world, I would have the right to choose despair, solitude and self-fulfillment. But I am not alone.

Look, if I were alone in the world, I would have the right to choose despair, solitude and self-fulfillment. But I am not alone.

- Elie Wiesel

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