American - Novelist | September 30, 1928 - July 2, 2016
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
TruthMemoriesWordsPeopleIdeas
Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.
LifeFriendshipLoveRisksSharing
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.
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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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For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.
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Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.
DeathIndifferenceBecauseBefore
A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent.
ManDestructionOnlyProvokePrevent
When I was young I lost everything.
LostYoungEverything
Religion is not man's relationship to God, it is man's relationship to man.
GodRelationshipManReligion
There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.
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Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.
LifeDoingMeaningOvercomeGive
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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