For me democracy is the only way of life. The opposite is dictatorship or anarchy. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to life as long as God himself — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The only way for us to help ourselves is to help others and to listen to each other's stories. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
did everything I could in my life to be immune to hatred, because hatred is a cancer. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
There is divine beauty in learning... To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others… — 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
First we must understand that there can be no life without risk - and when our center is strong, everything else is… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Therefore, all my adult life, since I began my life as an author, or as a teacher, I always try to listen… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I've been fighting my entire adult life for men and women everywhere to be equal and to be different. But there is… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Be careful with words, they're dangerous. Be wary of them. They begat either demons or angels. It's up to you to give… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times… — 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 term is piqua nevish [?] it means to save a soul, to save a life. And that commandment supersedes all others.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
It is up to us to determine whether the years ahead will be for humankind a curse or a blessing. We always… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I have learned two lessons in my life: first, there are no sufficient literary, psychological, or historical answers to human tragedy, only… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
It was pitch dark. I could hear only the violin, and it was as though Juliek's soul were the bow. He was… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“He was playing his life. His whole being was gliding over the strings. His unfulfilled hopes. His charred past, his extinguished future.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
But because of his telling, many who did not believe have come to believe, and some who did not care have come… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
For one who is indifferent, life itself is a prison. Any sense of community is external or, even worse, nonexistent. Thus, indifference… — 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
“It was a destructive novel of acquired ideas. To finally wake up in a state of creative anguish, to lose oneself in… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“And what is a friend? More than a father, more than a brother: a traveling companion, with him, you can conquer the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Life is really fascinated only by death. It vibrates only when it comes in contact with death. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“If the only prayer you say throughout your life is "Thank You," then that will be enough.” — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance. — 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
![“The term is piqua nevish [?] it means to save a soul, to save a life. And that commandment supersedes all others. It means literally you may violate almost everything except, I think, three commandments of the heart, 613, - you may do anything, violate any commandment and the injunction simply to…” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/47f/elie-wiesel-341_commandments_the-term-is-piqua-nevish-it-means-to-sav_1672506.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)
