“most of us turn to religion for our ethics because we don’t know where else to find them.” — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The story [of the Sacrifice of Isaac ] is much more a part of theology than of history. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
My faith is a wounded faith, but it's not without faith. My life is not without faith. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
We're both [with Elie Wiesel] a long way from the position of the so-called Biblical minimalists. Some of them see no history… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
[Tibet] is a small country based on religious principle, religious traditions. It never wanted any conquest. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment -… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
One always goes back to one's childhood in the beginning, and I come from a very religious family and surrounding. Very religious. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
My faith is a wounded faith, but my life is not without faith. I didn't divorce God, but I'm quarrelling and arguing… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The sincere Christian knows that what died in Auschwitz was not the Jewish people but Christianity. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Only fanatics — in religion as well as in politics — can find a meaning in someone else’s death. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
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… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I think those governments who resent religion, they're afraid of religion because religion may be in their eyes, in their views be… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
It is obvious that the war which Hitler and his accomplices waged was a war not only against Jewish men, women, and… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that faith is only pure when it does not negate the faith of another. I have no doubt… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“In the beginning there was faith—which is childish; trust—which is vain; and illusion—which is dangerous. We believed in God, trusted in man,… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I would not like to draw analogies, with the past.Governments, leaders, intellectuals, mainly intellectuals who should know the ethical dimensions, are so… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
[My approach to the Bible, history does really matter.] Everything matters. But I have priorities. For instance, for me to know whether… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
In the beginning was belief, foolish belief, and faith, empty faith, and illusion, the terrible illusion. ... We believed in God, had… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The Tibetan religion has a past. And furthermore it has such an appeal. There again young people today are drawn to Buddhism… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Judaism is in a sense a Rabbinic, Talmudic religion, rather than a Biblical religion. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Religion is not man's relationship to God, it is man's relationship to man. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Religion is a very personal thing for me. Religion has its good moments and its poor moments. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The Bible is not only laws, it's also stories. It begins, 'In the beginning God created Heaven.' If I had written these… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I come from a very religious background.And actually I remained in it. All my anger I describe in my quarrels with God… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I don't think [governments] use [religious repression ] as a weapon, they use it as a as a means of - of… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
When has religion ever been unifying? Religion has introduced many wars in this world, enough bloodshed and violence. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that… — 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
![“There are real people behind the [Bible] stories.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9ca/elie-wiesel-341_behinds_there-are-real-people-behind-the-bible-s_911454.png)
![“The story [of the Sacrifice of Isaac ] is much more a part of theology than of history.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/419/elie-wiesel-341_history_the-story-of-the-sacrifice-of-isaac-is-m_133978.png)
![“We're both [with Elie Wiesel] a long way from the position of the so-called Biblical minimalists. Some of them see no history in the Bible until Josiah.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9fa/elie-wiesel-341_bible_we-re-both-with-elie-wiesel-a-long-way-f_1724153.png)
![“[Tibet] is a small country based on religious principle, religious traditions. It never wanted any conquest.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/dc4/elie-wiesel-341_conquest_tibet-is-a-small-country-based-on-religi_2467806.png)
![“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 they stifle religion, they're afraid probably.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8ae/elie-wiesel-341_committed_it-s-not-a-weapon-governments-don-t-kill_3154322.png)
![“[My approach to the Bible, history does really matter.] Everything matters. But I have priorities. For instance, for me to know whether there were two Isaiahs or one is less important than the text itself. Of course I read the arguments for and against. But it's not my task in life to say there…” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2f0/elie-wiesel-341_approach_my-approach-to-the-bible-history-does-re_2368125.png)
![“[The Bible] is been my passion almost from my youth.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/565/elie-wiesel-341_bible_the-bible-is-been-my-passion-almost-from_3229359.png)
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