The books I have read were composed by generations of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, teachers and disciples. I am the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I say to myself, if the text was good enough for my father and grandfather, it must be good enough for me.… — 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
Listen to me, kid. Don't forget that you are in a concentration camp. In this place, it is every many for himself,… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“I remember he asked his father, "Can this be true? This is the twentieth century, not the Middle Ages. Who would allow… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
It was the beginning of the war. I was twelve years old, my parents were alive, and God still dwelt in our… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
When my father was born, it was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. When I was born, it was Lithuania. When I left,… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I remember those faces of people who were good I saw that. I saw a father who gave his bread to his… — 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