People Quotes by Elie Wiesel

It's not hatred that kills people, it's indifference

— Elie Wiesel

I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.

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People become the stories they hear and the stories they tell.

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There are real people behind the [Bible] stories.

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'Indifference to evil is equal to evil' because it strengthens people.

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I spent most of my time talking to God more than to people.

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Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires,…

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I would hesitate to give advice to the Dalai Lama and his people because they are suffering. The Dalai Lama suffered from…

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His cold eyes stared at me. At last, he said wearily: "I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He…

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It's not a weapon, [governments] don't kill, they don't conduct massacres, although massacres have been committed and many people were killed, but…

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Even if people tell me they have historical proof [that it is not historical], that doesn't really bother me.

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I was convinced that hatred among nations and among people perished in Auschwitz. It didn't. The victims died but the haters are…

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The sincere Christian knows that what died in Auschwitz was not the Jewish people but Christianity.

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For nearly 3,500 years Exodus has left such an imprint on people's memories that I cannot imagine it had been invented just…

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But the forces of evil have not abdicated. The malevolent ghosts of hatred are resurgent with a fury and a boldness that…

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Tibet, why is it occupied? For political reasons maybe they have a reason. I don't know. But religiously, why? The fact that…

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I think this century more than any other really has seen the phenomenon of people being uprooted in such numbers, such a…

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We live in the age of communication. Write letters to the editor. Speak to your congressman, to your senator. If you are…

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The Vietnam War ended because of the campus situation. And so many other injustices have been corrected in the World today only…

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Often I say to myself "Really, what are we doing on this planet?" We are passing the message as well as we…

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Everybody around us was weeping. Someone began to recite Kaddish, the prayer for the dead. I don't know whether, during the history…

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"Am I my brother's keeper?" There you have the whole Biblical understanding that you are your brother's keeper. You also have a…

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My faceless neighbor spoke up: “Don’t be deluded. Hitler has made it clear that he will annihilate all Jews before the clock…

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If enough people are sensitive to the tragedy of Tibet, I think it will produce a change politically as well. But furthermore,…

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I believe in books. And when our people [coughing] - our people of Jerusalem, let's say after the Romans destroyed the temple…

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The Tibetan religion has a past. And furthermore it has such an appeal. There again young people today are drawn to Buddhism…

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I make a difference between genocide and Holocaust. Holocaust was mainly Jewish, that was the only people, to the last Jew, sentenced…

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I told him that I did not believe that they could burn people in our age, that humanity would never tolerate it . . .

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They are committing the greatest indignity human beings can inflict on one another: telling people who have suffered excruciating pain and loss…

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It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our…

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Now, when I hear that Christians are getting together in order to defend the people of Israel, of course it brings joy…

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More people are aware of the consequences of hatred. People are aware. Therefore more people are engaged in fighting ... racism and…

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I make a difference between genocide and Holocaust. Holocaust was mainly Jewish, that was the only people, to the last Jew, sentenced…

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For me [Patriarchs] exist. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob exist today. They are people that you see with white beards. I have no…

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I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such…

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If I were in the government, I would persuade the prime minister to see the beauty in the fact that people see…

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I don't think I should accept other people's suffering because I suffered. Just the opposite, because I suffered I don't want others…

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Politicians, they give the visible aspect of the change, but the change, the root, the anchor are in young people.

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All I hope is that the American coalition is doing its best to prevent civilian casualties and the killing of innocent people.

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My loyalty to my people, to our people, and to Israel comes first and prevents me from saying anything critical of Israel…

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