Night is a book that is explaining the experience of Elie Wiesel as well many other similar experiences in the Holocaust.

Elie wiesel quote on indifference. And therefore indifference is always the friend of the enemy for it benefits the aggressor -- never his victim whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten. Indifference is not a beginning. Indifference is not a response.

Staying out of a conflict or ignoring it allows the aggressor to continue. In 1986 an interview with Elie Wiesel appeared in US. The opposite of art is not ugliness its indifference.

And the opposite of life is not death its indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy its indifference. A memorable quotation was reprinted in The Arizona Republic newspaper.

Remaining silent or choosing not to act can never help victims. And the opposite of life is not death its indifference. Indifference then is not only a sin it is a punishment.

The book Night and its counterpart speech Perils of Indifference are two very thought stimulating pieces of literature. Elie Wiesel American Novelist born on September 30 1928 Eliezer Elie Wiesel KBE is a Romanian-born Jewish writer professor political activist and Nobel Laureate. Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech 1986 The opposite of love is not hate its indifference.

Indifference then is not only a sin it is a punishment. And the opposite of life is not death its indifference Elie Wiesel. According to Wiesel our very humanity depends on doing whatever we can to help people suffering around the world to protect them from governments and groups of people intent on erasing their existences simply because they are different.