Judaism is in a sense a Rabbinic, Talmudic religion, rather than a Biblical religion. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
[Adolf] Hitler needed, he didn't want to kill Jews, he wanted to expel German Jews, and therefore it's not entirely corroborating your… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The Pope going to Jerusalem, the Pope recognising the State of Islam, the Pope going to the wall organising a concert for… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I think the Messianic concept, which is the Jewish offering to mankind, is a great victory. What does it mean? It means… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Historically, I come from Jewish history. I had the classic upbringing in the Yeshiva, learning, learning, and more learning. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The sincere Christian knows that what died in Auschwitz was not the Jewish people but Christianity. — 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
My faceless neighbor spoke up: “Don’t be deluded. Hitler has made it clear that he will annihilate all Jews before the clock… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I come from a tradition - from the Jewish tradition, which believes in words, in language, in communication. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Christians call it the "Sacrifice of Isaac," and Jews call it the "Binding of Isaac." — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
A Jew must be sensitive to the pain of all human beings. A Jew cannot remain indifferent to human suffering... The mission… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The Jewish tradition of learning-is learning. Adam chose knowledge instead of immortality. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
What is Scripture? The Hebrew word is torah. Torah means teaching, learning. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
John XXI was a very great pope and he's the one who actually corrected the liturgy. He did so because of his… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
It's clear to me that one can't be Jewish without Israel. Religious or non-religious, Zionist or non-Zionist, Ashkenazi or Sephardic - all… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
It is true that not all the victims were Jews, but all the Jews were victims — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The impact of the holocaust on believers as well as unbelievers, on Jews as well as Christians, has not yet been evaluated.… — 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