In my tradition, one must wait until one has learned a lot of Bible and Talmud and the Prophets to handle mysticism.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
What I don't like today is, to put it coarsely, the phony Hasidism, the phony mysticism. Many students say, "Teach me mysticism."… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Philosophy is a slow process of logic and logical discourse: A bringing B bringing C and so forth. In mysticism you can… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally… — 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
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