Dennielle Chafa > Dennielle's Quotes

“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.”
― Elie Wiesel

“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
― Elie Wiesel

“To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.”
― Elie Wiesel, Night

“There is divine beauty in learning... To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps. The books I have read were composed by generations of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, teachers and disciples. I am the sum total of their experiences, their quests. And so are you.”
― Elie Wiesel

“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.”
― elie wiesel

“One person of integrity can make a difference.”
― Elie Wiesel

“If the only prayer you say throughout your life is "Thank You," then that will be enough.”
― Elie Wiesel

“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, 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.”
― Elie Wiesel, The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, The Accident

“Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write.”
― Elie Wiesel

“I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him the right questions.”
― Elie Wiesel, Night

“Which is worse? Killing with hate or killing without hate?”
― Elie Wiesel

“For in the end, it is all about memory, its sources and its magnitude, and, of course, its consequences.”
― Elie Wiesel, Night

“I shall always remember that smile. From what world did it come from?”
― Elie Wiesel, Night

“Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of words that have been spoken during the day takes on a new and deeper meaning. The tragedy of man is that he doesn't know how to distinguish between day and night. He says things at night that should only be said by day.”
― Elie Wiesel, Dawn

“I don't want my past to become anyone else's future.”
― Elie Wiesel

“Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.”
― Elie Wiesel

“Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.”
― 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.”
― Elie Wiesel

“Indifference is the sign of sickness, a sickness of the soul more contagious than any other.”
― Elie Wiesel, The Judges

“No human being is illegal.”
― Elie Wiesel