“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
Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“And what is a friend? More than a father, more than a brother: a traveling companion, with him, you can conquer the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I belong to a tradition that believes that the death of a single child is a blemish on creation... — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Life is really fascinated only by death. It vibrates only when it comes in contact with death. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“How are we ever to disarm evil and abolish death as a means to an end? How are we ever to break… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
There is much to be done, there is much that can be done... one person of integrity can make a difference, a… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
No commandment surpasses the one concerning the liberation of hostages, for they are among the starving, the thirsting, the stripped, always in… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
If there is a single theme that dominates all my writings, all my obsessions, it is that of memory-because I fear forgetfulness… — 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
“Torture is the act of making someone die a slow death, making the prisoner die several times.” — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The Jewish tradition of learning-is learning. Adam chose knowledge instead of immortality. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“When you die and go to heaven our maker is not going to ask, 'why didn't you discover the cure for such… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything--death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger,… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever." "Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“There is nothing sacred, nothing uplifting, in hatred or in death. In” — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I wanted to come back to Sighet to tell you the story of my death. So that you could prepare yourselves while… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Oh, it is not death that frightens me, but the impossibility of imparting some meaning to my past. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Will you join me in hearing the case for keeping weapons from those who preach death to Israel and America? — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
We still are looking for someone who knows the secret of immortality. Only God is immortal; we are not. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
It is up to us to determine whether the years ahead will be for humankind a curse or a blessing. We always… — 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