One day I was able to get up, after gathering all my strength. I wanted to see myself in the mirror hanging on the opposite wall. I had not seen myself since the ghetto. From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me. Elie Wiesel
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More Quotes By Elie Wiesel
  1. 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.

  2. Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.

  3. If the only prayer you say throughout your life is "Thank You, " then that will be enough.

  4. 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.

  5. There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

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