You know, words have strange destiny, too. They grow. They get old. They die. They come back. — 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
I personally have no doubt that the Exodus occurred. How it occurred, I don't know. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
We still are looking for someone who knows the secret of immortality. Only God is immortal; we are not. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I had to be honest with myself and that I felt hatred then, but as children say "I hate you", it's not… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The more we know, the more pain we have. But because we are human beings, this must be. Otherwise we become objects… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
You know how many reasons we have to be desperate and despairing, the world is not learning anything. We have seen that. — 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 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
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
We know, for instance, of "The Book of the Wars of the Lord." It is mentioned in the text [Numbers 21:14]. There… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I would say to [Chinese government], You don't need Tibet really. You don't need all the problems Tibet creates for you. It's… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Today there isn't a university where they don't have special courses [Jewish studies or Holocaust studies], hundreds and hundreds of universities, young… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
My interpretation is different. God asks Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" [Genesis 4:9] And Cain answers "Lo yadati, "I don't know"… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Do you know what laughter is? I'll tell you. It's God's mistake. When God made man in order to bend him to… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Hunger is isolating; it may not and cannot be experienced vicariously. He who never felt hunger can never know its real effects,… — 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
Tibet, why is it occupied? For political reasons maybe they have a reason. I don't know. But religiously, why? The fact that… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I don't speak about my pain. My pain is something that doesn't need to be purged. I want to prevent people from… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I was working as a journalist for an Israeli paper in Paris, and my salary at the highest was fifty dollars a… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
There is much to be done, there is much that can be done... one person of integrity can make a difference, a… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I would not like to draw analogies, with the past.Governments, leaders, intellectuals, mainly intellectuals who should know the ethical dimensions, are so… — 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
It is by his freedom that a man knows himself, by his sovereignty over his own life that a man measures himself. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I'm not a political person. I usually beware of political persons. I know many, but I'm not one of them. I have… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I come from a very religious background.And actually I remained in it. All my anger I describe in my quarrels with God… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
For the purpose of my life, I don't ask the question. First of all, I believe. I think the Five Books of… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
As you know, I describe Shirat ha-Yam as part of an epic story that has qualities of history and which also has… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Why is war such an easy option? Why does peace remain such an elusive goal? We know statesmen skilled at waging war,… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
[My approach to the Bible, history does really matter.] Everything matters. But I have priorities. For instance, for me to know whether… — 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
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
![“We know, for instance, of "The Book of the Wars of the Lord." It is mentioned in the text [Numbers 21:14]. There was a book: Where is it? One day you will dig and you will maybe find it. [Laughter]” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/87d/elie-wiesel-341_book_we-know-for-instance-of-the-book-of-the_2514575.jpg)
![“I would say to [Chinese government], You don't need Tibet really. You don't need all the problems Tibet creates for you. It's so small, so far away. Give them their religious freedom and I know that they wouldn't misuse it.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cec/elie-wiesel-341_chinese_i-would-say-to-chinese-government-you-do_1683926.jpg)
![“Today there isn't a university where they don't have special courses [Jewish studies or Holocaust studies], hundreds and hundreds of universities, young people today want to know more than their elders did, much more, and therefore I am very optimistic about young people.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/298/elie-wiesel-341_courses_today-there-isn-t-a-university-where-the_2564346.jpg)
![“My interpretation is different. God asks Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" [Genesis 4:9] And Cain answers "Lo yadati, "I don't know" or "I didn't know." Then comes a period, followed by "Am I my brother's keeper?"” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/540/elie-wiesel-341_abel_my-interpretation-is-different-god-asks_1399388.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)
![“[My approach to the Bible, history does really matter.] Everything matters. But I have priorities. For instance, for me to know whether there were two Isaiahs or one is less important than the text itself. Of course I read the arguments for and against. But it's not my task in life to say there…” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2f0/elie-wiesel-341_approach_my-approach-to-the-bible-history-does-re_2368125.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)
