--- title: "3 Asked Pray Quotes By Elie Wiesel" description: "3 Asked Pray quotes by Elie Wiesel. Plus more from Elie Wiesel and more Asked Pray sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/elie-wiesel-341_asked_and-why-do-you-pray-moishe-i-asked-him-i_373741.png" --- > [“And why do you pray, Moishe?” I asked him. “I pray to the God within me for the strength to ask Him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/and-why-do-you-pray-moishe-i-asked-him-i-pray-to-the-god-within-me/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/elie-wiesel-341_asked_and-why-do-you-pray-moishe-i-asked-him-i_373741.png) > [ \[Moishe\] explained to me, with great emphasis, that every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer… And why do… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/moishe-explained-to-me-with-great-emphasis-that-every-question/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b5/elie-wiesel-341_answers_moishe-explained-to-me-with-great-emphas_1541018.png) > [“Why do you pray?" he asked me, after a moment. Why did I pray? A strange question. Why did I live? Why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/why-do-you-pray-he-asked-me-after-a-moment-why-did-i-pray-a-strange/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/elie-wiesel-341_prayer_why-do-you-pray-he-asked-me-after-a-mome_2014670.jpg) ## More by Elie Wiesel > [A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/a-religious-person-answers-to-god-not-to-the-elected-or-non-elected/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) > [One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. One less reason to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/one-more-stab-to-the-heart-one-more-reason-to-hate-one-less-reason-to/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) > [“What all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them, that when their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/what-all-these-victims-need-above-all-is-to-know-that-they-are-not/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) > [I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/i-feel-that-books-just-like-people-have-a-destiny-some-invite-sorrow/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) > [ \[Chinese\] are a huge empire now, you'll soon be - in a few years two billion people in the world. So, you should be… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/chinese-are-a-huge-empire-now-you-ll-soon-be-in-a-few-years-two/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) > [Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/did-i-write-it-so-as-not-to-go-mad-or-on-the-contrary-to-go-mad-in/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/take-the-story-of-cain-and-abel-why-were-we-given-that-story/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) > [Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/mankind-must-remember-that-peace-is-not-god-s-gift-to-his-creatures/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) > [The world? The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/the-world-the-world-is-not-interested-in-us-today-everything-is/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) > [every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/every-question-possessed-a-power-that-was-lost-in-the-answer/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) > [I think this century more than any other really has seen the phenomenon of people being uprooted in such numbers, such a degree. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/i-think-this-century-more-than-any-other-really-has-seen-the/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) > [His cold eyes stared at me. At last, he said wearily: "I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/his-cold-eyes-stared-at-me-at-last-he-said-wearily-i-have-more-faith/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/as-you-know-i-describe-shirat-ha-yam-as-part-of-an-epic-story-that/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) > [Every Jew, somewhere in his being, should set apart a zone of hate -healthy virile hate- for what the German personifies and for what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/every-jew-somewhere-in-his-being-should-set-apart-a-zone-of-hate/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/did-hope-help-us-to-survive-or-not-too-many-families-clung-to-it-all/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked-pray/elie-wiesel/#itemlist", "name": "3 Asked Pray Quotes By Elie Wiesel", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And why do you pray, Moishe?” I asked him. “I pray to the God within me for the strength to ask Him the real questions.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elie Wiesel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/and-why-do-you-pray-moishe-i-asked-him-i-pray-to-the-god-within-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/elie-wiesel-341_asked_and-why-do-you-pray-moishe-i-asked-him-i_373741.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/elie-wiesel-341_asked_and-why-do-you-pray-moishe-i-asked-him-i_373741.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/elie-wiesel-341_asked_and-why-do-you-pray-moishe-i-asked-him-i_373741.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And why do you pray, Moishe?” I asked him. “I pray to the God within me for the strength to ask Him the real…” — Elie Wiesel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Moishe] explained to me, with great emphasis, that every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer… And why do you pray, Moishe?' 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