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.

Elie wiesel quote on indifference. Because of indifference one dies before one actually dies. The opposite of love is not hate its indifference. 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.

The opposite of love is not hate its indifference. Indifference is not a beginning. Indifference then is not only a sin it is a punishment.

Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech 1986 The opposite of love is not hate its indifference. The opposite of love is not hate its indifference. Remaining silent or choosing not to act can never help victims.

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. Elie Wiesel The Perils of Indifference. The opposite of beauty is not ugliness its indifference.

And the opposite of life is not death its indifference. Staying out of a conflict or ignoring it allows the aggressor to continue. The opposite of art is not ugliness its indifference.

The opposite of faith is not heresy its indifference. Wiesel says indifferenceincluding a stance of neutralityhelps those who oppress others. The opposite of faith is not heresy its indifference.