Elie Wiesel Quotes

Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed....Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.

I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. The Talmud tells us that by saving a single human being, man can save the world.

MARIA: Hell? Is he talking about hell? Good. For a moment I was afraid he was making sense.

No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.

I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him the right questions.

And action is the only remedy to indifference, the most insidious danger of all.

To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.

No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them

I don't want my past to become anyone else's future.

A destruction only man can provoke, only man can prevent. Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures, it is our gift to each other.

Peace is our gift to each other.

...I believe it important to emphasize how strongly I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.

A recollection. The time: After the war. The place: Paris. A young man struggles to readjust to life. His mother, his father, his small sister are gone. He is alone. On the verge of despair. And yet he does not give up. On the contrary, he strives to find a place among the living. He acquires a new language. He makes a few friends who, like himself, believe that the memory of evil will serve as a shield against evil; that the memory of death will serve as a shield against death.

I needed to know that there was such a thing as love and that it brought smiles and joy in its wake.