I rarely speak about God. To God yes. I protest against Him. I shout at Him. But open discourse about the qualities… — 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
“God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, forget not their son who calls upon them now. You well know, You, source of all… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The Bible is not only laws, it's also stories. It begins, 'In the beginning God created Heaven.' If I had written these… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes were open and I was alone - terribly alone in a world without… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“Man comes closer to God through the questions he asks Him, he liked to say.” — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Religion is not man's relationship to God, it is man's relationship to man. — 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
I believe in God--in spite of God! I believe in Mankind--in spite of Mankind! I believe in the Future--in spite of the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I think he is condemned by himself to loneliness. God is One: he was, he is, he will be always One. One… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“In the beginning there was faith—which is childish; trust—which is vain; and illusion—which is dangerous. We believed in God, trusted in man,… — 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