“Ten thousand men had come to attend solemn service, heads of the blocks, Kapos,functionaries of death. "Bless the Eternal. " The voice… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
How could I say to Him: Blessed be Thou, Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“You mustn’t be afraid of the dark,” he said, gently grasping my arm and making me shudder. “Night is purer than day;… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“Blessed be God’s name …” Thousands of lips repeated the benediction, bent over like trees in a storm. Blessed be God’s name?… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“The tragedy of man is that he doesn’t know how to distinguish between day and night. He says things at night that… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“Blessed be God's name? Why, but why would I bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He caused thousands of children… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“I’m going to teach you the art of distinguishing between day and night. Always look at a window, and failing that look… — 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