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

Quote by Elie Wiesel

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No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom...

No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom...

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship...

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship...

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not...

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not...

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation....

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation....

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

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

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never...

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never...

I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes...

I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes...

Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on...

Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on...

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by...

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by...

We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious...

We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious...

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Writing is thinking on paper.

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers...

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers...

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good...

It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.