Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel .. A Romanian-born American writer, political activist and professor who lived between September 1928 and July 2016. He wrote 57 books mostly in English and French and was a Nobel Laureate in 1986. The strangest thing about this author is that he was the only survivor of the Holocaust, which implanted in him a strong desire to fight for Jewish causes. With his death, two days ago, people seem to feel the world poorer for his absence.
Among his most influential quotes, as far as I believe, we may mention the following:
1-The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.
2-There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.
3-When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
4-We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
5-There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
6-I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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References:
www.lemonde.fr
www.lefigaro.fr
