..you do not leave a library; if you do what it wants you to do, you are taking it with you. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
If we want to know history, I would think there would be every reason to. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
If God exists, how can we lay claim to freedom, since He is its beginning and its end? — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
If you make a determination that [story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac] is not historical, do you throw it away?… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
If there is one person on the planet who still is suffering from loneliness and from pain or despair, and we don't… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I believe a human being - if he or she wants to remain human, then he or she must do something with… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The Holocaust is the most documented tragedy in recorded history. And therefore, later on, if there will be a later on, anyone… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
One thing is that [Tibetans] should not give up hope. That's - even [if] it lasts a century. My discussions with the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Except if it has some historical meaning for them to have Tibet under their control. I don't understand why [ Chinese] want… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I don't see the junk youth. I only meet students, and even those who are not formally at the university, if they… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
[Shirat ha-Yam ] is one of the earliest, if not the earliest, pieces of Biblical literature that we possess. It is much… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
He wants to see whether we are capable of overcoming out base instincts, of killing the Satan within ourselves. We have no… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
A Jew who converted, who simulated, was, at least in some periods, safe. Hitler in the beginning did not want to kill… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
We live in the age of communication. Write letters to the editor. Speak to your congressman, to your senator. If you are… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
When you see the abyss, and we have looked into it, then what? There isn't much room at the edge -- one… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
If the Book of the Law could be forgotten for so many years, who knows what was done to it during those… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Everything is in it: the promise and the hope and the fear and the challenge and the defiance. The test is a… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
If you read Exodus 15 carefully, it describes a storm at sea. This is the old Yahwistic source. In the retelling of… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
You cross a border and the policeman or the frontier policeman look at you, What are you doing here? Why are you… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
If enough people are sensitive to the tragedy of Tibet, I think it will produce a change politically as well. But furthermore,… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
[The Book of the Law]was lost for so many years. And then Josiah decided to celebrate Passover. The text says that "The… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I'm a privileged person, I feel privileged because of who I am. I write books, I write novels, I write essays and… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I read the text; and then I come to the Shirat ha-Yam, to the Song of the Sea [Exodus 15], to the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I say to myself, if the text was good enough for my father and grandfather, it must be good enough for me.… — 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
For us it's not easy to be conformist, I cannot stand to be conformist, I don't accept what it is, I like… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Even if people tell me they have historical proof [that it is not historical], that doesn't really bother me. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
If you ask me what I want to achieve, it's to create an awareness, which is already the beginning of teaching. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
If anyone had told us in 1945 that there are certain battles we'll have to fight again we wouldn't have believed it.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I don't know the real answer, my answer to anything which is essentially human relations is education. Whatever the answer is, education… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
My good friends, we are all waiting. We are waiting, if not for the Messiah, as such, we are waiting for the… — 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
![“If you make a determination that [story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac] is not historical, do you throw it away? I don't think we can say whether it's precisely, scientifically historical.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/505/elie-wiesel-341_abraham_if-you-make-a-determination-that-story-o_831812.jpg)
![“One thing is that [Tibetans] should not give up hope. That's - even [if] it lasts a century. My discussions with the Dalai Lama always were about that.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3f4/elie-wiesel-341_century_one-thing-is-that-tibetans-should-not-gi_2121135.jpg)
![“Except if it has some historical meaning for them to have Tibet under their control. I don't understand why [ Chinese] want it so much.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/66d/elie-wiesel-341_chinese_except-if-it-has-some-historical-meaning_2405334.jpg)
![“[Shirat ha-Yam ] is one of the earliest, if not the earliest, pieces of Biblical literature that we possess. It is much closer to history than later traditions of the Exodus.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d6c/elie-wiesel-341_biblical_shirat-ha-yam-is-one-of-the-earliest-if_1718165.jpg)
![“If enough people are sensitive to the tragedy of Tibet, I think it will produce a change politically as well. But furthermore, it's important for the people in Tibet. Now communication is such [that] people know what is happening. Even Tibetan people would know that the Interfaith or the…” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4fe/elie-wiesel-341_causes_if-enough-people-are-sensitive-to-the-tr_238075.jpg)
![“[The Book of the Law]was lost for so many years. And then Josiah decided to celebrate Passover. The text says that "The Passover sacrifice had not been offered in that way ... during the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah" [2 Kings 23:22]. What do you mean? Not in the days of David…” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1d4/elie-wiesel-341_book_the-book-of-the-law-was-lost-for-so-many_1777453.jpg)
![“I read the text; and then I come to the Shirat ha-Yam, to the Song of the Sea [Exodus 15], to the poetry. Who could have written such a poem except someone who went through it? It is so full of life, so full of truth, of passion, of concern. And the thousands and thousands of commentaries in the…” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/590/elie-wiesel-341_attributes_i-read-the-text-and-then-i-come-to-the-s_340239.jpg)
![“Even if people tell me they have historical proof [that it is not historical], that doesn't really bother me.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1cc/elie-wiesel-341_bother_even-if-people-tell-me-they-have-histori_320669.jpg)
![“[Chinese] are a huge empire now, you'll soon be - in a few years two billion people in the world. So, you should be more compassionate, more understanding. And above all, you don't need all their trouble.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/751/elie-wiesel-341_billions_chinese-are-a-huge-empire-now-you-ll-soo_28398.jpg)
