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In the concentration camps, we discovered this whole universe where everyone had his place. The killer came to kill, and the victims came to die.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Came Camps Concentration Die Discovered Everyone Had His Killer Place Universe Victims Where Whole

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I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Best Characteristic Desire Jewish Jewish People Marvel Memory Obsession Other People Remember Resilience

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There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Even Lose Sometimes Soul Spirit Victories Win You

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When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Almost Attitude Defined Gratitude Her His Humanity Missing Person Something Toward

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Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Attain Deeds Grace Moments Quality Sometimes Words

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No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Collective Faith Human Human Race Inferior Judgments Make Only Race Racists Religious Religious Faith Superior Them Wrong

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Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Creatures Each Gift God His Mankind Must Other Our Peace Remember

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A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Annihilation Destruction Man Only Prevent Provoke

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Peace is our gift to each other.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Each Gift Other Our Peace

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I'm a teacher and a writer; my life is words. When I see the denigration of language, it hurts me, and it's easy to denigrate a word by trivializing it.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Denigrate Easy Hurts Language Life Me My Life See Teacher Word Words Writer I See

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: September 30th, 1928

Died: July 2nd, 2016

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