Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has escaped the kingdom of night. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silent encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” — 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
“Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Yet another last night. The last night at home, the last night in the ghetto, the last night in the train, and,… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything--death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger,… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
How could I say to Him: Blessed be Thou, Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night. We know that every moment… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The night was gone. The morning star was shining in the sky. I too had become a completely different person. The student… — 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
In my lifetime I was to write only one book, this would be the one. Just as the past Lingers in the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true.… — 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