"Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future."

Culture, Memory, History, Society

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"Once we got out of Jefferson Park, we rolled down the one window that worked so the world would know we had good taste in music."

John Green, American Author

Culture, Music, Taste, Expression

"Amazing what the British do with language; the nuances of politeness. The world's great diplomats, surely."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Culture, Language, Diplomacy, Communication

"Ram-fication of Ravan-ous thoughts is what Dussehra all about."

Vikrmn, Indian Author

Culture, Tradition, Reflection, Symbolism

"I'm drawn to write about upstate New York in the way in which a dreamer might have recurring dreams. My childhood and girlhood were spent in upstate New York, in the country north of Buffalo and West of Rochester. So this part of New York state is very familiar to me and, with its economic difficulties, has become emblematic of much of American life."

Joyce Carol Oates, American Novelist

Culture, Memory, Childhood, Life

"Reading's not a luxury, art's not a luxury. It's about your soul, and it's about yourself. And if reading is a luxury, being human is a luxury."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Culture, Art, Soul, Reading, Self

"The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them there ought to be as many for love."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Culture, Snow, Language, Love

"We are nothing but bricks from our cultural molds."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Culture, Identity, Tradition, Humanity

"To lose your own language was like forgetting your mother, and as sad, in a way."

Alexander McCall Smith, British Author

Culture, Language, Identity, Loss, Memory

"The problem with our culture is we cling to so many different truths. Yet, the truths that we cling to also depend on our point of view. Maybe, the journey to a truth that can be free of hatred, bias and injustice requires a journey of the soul to see all view points."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Culture, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

"For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous since it must afterwards be always old-fashioned."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

Culture, Fashion, Observation, Social, Time

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"What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically."

Knowledge

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

Soul

"Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings."

Hope

"Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies."

Politics

"In Jewish history there are no coincidences."

History

"Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other."

Peace

"Even in darkness it is possible to create light and encourage compassion. That it is possible to feel free inside a prison. That even in exile, friendship exists and can become an anchor. That one instant before dying, man is still immortal."

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"Once we got out of Jefferson Park, we rolled down the one window that worked so the world would know we had good taste in music."

"Amazing what the British do with language; the nuances of politeness. The world's great diplomats, surely."

"Ram-fication of Ravan-ous thoughts is what Dussehra all about."

"Reading's not a luxury, art's not a luxury. It's about your soul, and it's about yourself. And if reading is a luxury, being human is a luxury."

"The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them there ought to be as many for love."

"We are nothing but bricks from our cultural molds."

"To lose your own language was like forgetting your mother, and as sad, in a way."

"The problem with our culture is we cling to so many different truths. Yet, the truths that we cling to also depend on our point of view. Maybe, the journey to a truth that can be free of hatred, bias and injustice requires a journey of the soul to see all view points."

"For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous since it must afterwards be always old-fashioned."

Explore more quotes by Elie Wiesel

"What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically."

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

"Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings."

"Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies."

"In Jewish history there are no coincidences."

"Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other."

"I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table."

"After all, God is God because he remembers."

"A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude."

"Even in darkness it is possible to create light and encourage compassion. That it is possible to feel free inside a prison. That even in exile, friendship exists and can become an anchor. That one instant before dying, man is still immortal."