Death Quotes by Elie Wiesel

“There is nothing sacred, nothing uplifting, in hatred or in death. In”

— Elie Wiesel

Life is really fascinated only by death. It vibrates only when it comes in contact with death.

— Elie Wiesel

Oh, it is not death that frightens me, but the impossibility of imparting some meaning to my past.

— Elie Wiesel

“Torture is the act of making someone die a slow death, making the prisoner die several times.”

— Elie Wiesel

The opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

— Elie Wiesel

We still are looking for someone who knows the secret of immortality. Only God is immortal; we are not.

— Elie Wiesel

Only fanatics — in religion as well as in politics — can find a meaning in someone else’s death.

— Elie Wiesel

I belong to a tradition that believes that the death of a single child is a blemish on creation...

— Elie Wiesel

Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God…

— Elie Wiesel

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

Will you join me in hearing the case for keeping weapons from those who preach death to Israel and America?

— Elie Wiesel

No commandment surpasses the one concerning the liberation of hostages, for they are among the starving, the thirsting, the stripped, always in…

— Elie Wiesel

It is up to us to determine whether the years ahead will be for humankind a curse or a blessing. We always…

— Elie Wiesel

I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead.…

— Elie Wiesel

“How are we ever to disarm evil and abolish death as a means to an end? How are we ever to break…

— Elie Wiesel

“Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever." "Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for…

— Elie Wiesel

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

“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

With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I…

— Elie Wiesel

I wanted to come back to Sighet to tell you the story of my death. So that you could prepare yourselves while…

— Elie Wiesel

There is much to be done, there is much that can be done... one person of integrity can make a difference, a…

— Elie Wiesel

“Ten thousand men had come to attend solemn service, heads of the blocks, Kapos,functionaries of death. "Bless the Eternal. " The voice…

— Elie Wiesel

“And what is a friend? More than a father, more than a brother: a traveling companion, with him, you can conquer the…

— Elie Wiesel

Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.

— Elie Wiesel

After my father's death, nothing could touch me any more.

— Elie Wiesel

The Jewish tradition of learning-is learning. Adam chose knowledge instead of immortality.

— Elie Wiesel