I became one of [Moses Mendelssohn] defenders. But then I heard the words "Biblical criticism" again. And, of course, afterward, I studied… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Refugee today means somebody who has no home. No homeland. No security. No government to protect him or her. And it is… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I try to see their moral relevance [in the Bible] and, of course, to admire the literary beauty of the text. Prophetic… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
My teachers [ had the most impact in my life]. Of course, my father and grandfather, but after my family, my teachers. — 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
Today there isn't a university where they don't have special courses [Jewish studies or Holocaust studies], hundreds and hundreds of universities, young… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Of course, afterward, I studied [commentary on the Bible by a Rabbi Moshe Dessauer] more closely. But, in truth, it doesn't touch… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
When I see what is happening all over the world today - the violence - the stupid, arrogant, grotesque violence that is… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. One less reason to live. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“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 Image
I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
[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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The world? The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria... — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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