Historically, I come from Jewish history. I had the classic upbringing in the Yeshiva, learning, learning, and more learning. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The Holocaust is a sacred subject. One should take off one's shoes when entering its domain, one should tremble each time one… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
You’re shaking … so am I. It’s because of Jerusalem, isn’t it? One doesn’t go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. That’s… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
[Adolf] Hitler needed, he didn't want to kill Jews, he wanted to expel German Jews, and therefore it's not entirely corroborating your… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The Holocaust is not a cheap soap opera. The Holocaust is not a romantic novel. It is something else. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Will you join me in hearing the case for keeping weapons from those who preach death to Israel and America? — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I would like to see real peace and a state of Israel living peacefully alongside a state of Palestine. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Today again the teacher is the important thing, but on the other hand anti-Semitism is growing today. No doubt about it. All… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The Holocaust is the most documented tragedy in recorded history. And therefore, later on, if there will be a later on, anyone… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
His cold eyes stared at me. At last, he said wearily: "I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
A Jew who converted, who simulated, was, at least in some periods, safe. Hitler in the beginning did not want to kill… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Perhaps some day someone will explain how, on the level of man, Auschwitz was possible; but on the level of God, it… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
It's clear to me that one can't be Jewish without Israel. Religious or non-religious, Zionist or non-Zionist, Ashkenazi or Sephardic - all… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Worse still is that mankind - the non-Jewish world - learned nothing from the Holocaust: The event which had no precedent in… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I imagine, like all his predecessors, Barak Obama would like to achieve greatness in bringing peace in the Middle East. I hope… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
How can one explain the attraction terror holds for some minds — and why for intellectuals? . . .In a totalitarian and… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
My faceless neighbor spoke up: “Don’t be deluded. Hitler has made it clear that he will annihilate all Jews before the clock… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
[The Book of the Law]was lost for so many years. And then Josiah decided to celebrate Passover. The text says that "The… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The Pope going to Jerusalem, the Pope recognising the State of Islam, the Pope going to the wall organising a concert for… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I make a difference between genocide and Holocaust. Holocaust was mainly Jewish, that was the only people, to the last Jew, sentenced… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
It is true that not all the victims were Jews, but all the Jews were victims — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I was convinced that hatred among nations and among people perished in Auschwitz. It didn't. The victims died but the haters are… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
There is not anti-semitism as an ideology. The civilized world must think that anti-semitism is stupid. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I think so. 9/11 has been a turning point in American history, there's no doubt about that. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I come from a tradition - from the Jewish tradition, which believes in words, in language, in communication. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
A Jew must be sensitive to the pain of all human beings. A Jew cannot remain indifferent to human suffering... The mission… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Now, when I hear that Christians are getting together in order to defend the people of Israel, of course it brings joy… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
My loyalty to my people, to our people, and to Israel comes first and prevents me from saying anything critical of Israel… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
That I survived the Holocaust and went on to love beautiful girls, to talk, to write, to have toast and tea and… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
There is Israel, for us at least. What no other generation had, we have. We have Israel in spite of all the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
If I were in the government, I would persuade the prime minister to see the beauty in the fact that people see… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Terrorism must be outlawed by all civilized nations — not explained or rationalized, but fought and eradicated. Nothing can, nothing will justify… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I remember those faces of people who were good I saw that. I saw a father who gave his bread to his… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I make a difference between genocide and Holocaust. Holocaust was mainly Jewish, that was the only people, to the last Jew, sentenced… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. One less reason to live. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
“What all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them, that when their… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
[Chinese] are a huge empire now, you'll soon be - in a few years two billion people in the world. So, you should be… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
Take the story of Cain and Abel. Why were we given that story? Scientifically, you may have an explanation for it, but I'm not… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
The world? The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria... — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
I think this century more than any other really has seen the phenomenon of people being uprooted in such numbers, such a degree. They… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
His cold eyes stared at me. At last, he said wearily: "I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
As you know, I describe Shirat ha-Yam as part of an epic story that has qualities of history and which also has qualities of… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
Every Jew, somewhere in his being, should set apart a zone of hate -healthy virile hate- for what the German personifies and for what… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
“Did hope help us to survive, or not? Too many families clung to it all through the war, thus falling into the enemy's trap.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
![“[Adolf] Hitler needed, he didn't want to kill Jews, he wanted to expel German Jews, and therefore it's not entirely corroborating your theory.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8b7/elie-wiesel-341_hitler_adolf-hitler-needed-he-didn-t-want-to-ki_495750.png)
![“[The Book of the Law]was lost for so many years. And then Josiah decided to celebrate Passover. The text says that "The Passover sacrifice had not been offered in that way ... during the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah" [2 Kings 23:22]. What do you mean? Not in the days of David…” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1d4/elie-wiesel-341_book_the-book-of-the-law-was-lost-for-so-many_1777453.png)
![“I remember those faces of people who were good I saw that. I saw a father who gave his bread to his son and his son gave back the bread to his father. That, to me, was such a defeat of the enemies, will of the enemies, theories of the enemies, aspirations, here [in Auschwitz].” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/508/elie-wiesel-341_aspiration_i-remember-those-faces-of-people-who-wer_3133919.png)
