“Did hope help us to survive, or not? Too many families clung to it all through the war, thus falling into the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Remembering is a noble and necessary act. The call of memory, the call to memory, reaches us from the very dawn of… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Only one enemy is worse than despair: indifference. In every area of human creativity, indifference is the enemy; indifference of evil is… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I'd rather speak as a student of philosophy. Philosophically it makes no sense, absolutely makes no sense. Why should people inherit evil… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that faith is only pure when it does not negate the faith of another. I have no doubt… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
But the forces of evil have not abdicated. The malevolent ghosts of hatred are resurgent with a fury and a boldness that… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
When has religion ever been unifying? Religion has introduced many wars in this world, enough bloodshed and violence. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
'Indifference to evil is equal to evil' because it strengthens people. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Man’s strength resides in his capacity and desire to elevate himself, so as to attain the good. To travel step by step… — 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