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… — 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… — 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… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I have an open mind - - I read, I study, I study your work and the work of other people with… — 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
Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires,… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Even if people tell me they have historical proof [that it is not historical], that doesn't really bother me. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Some of the men spoke of God: His mysterious ways, the sins of the Jewish people, and the redemption to come. As… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
For me [Patriarchs] exist. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob exist today. They are people that you see with white beards. I have no… — 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'd rather speak as a student of philosophy. Philosophically it makes no sense, absolutely makes no sense. Why should people inherit evil… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
"Am I my brother's keeper?" There you have the whole Biblical understanding that you are your brother's keeper. You also have a… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I would hesitate to give advice to the Dalai Lama and his people because they are suffering. The Dalai Lama suffered from… — 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
The Tibetan religion has a past. And furthermore it has such an appeal. There again young people today are drawn to Buddhism… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
[Tibet] never sought any territory. All it wanted is the conquest of the soul, that people should attain a kind of inner… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I do not belong to this world. I continue to write everything in longhand. If I have to see something on the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I was involved in trying to save the Rwandan people and Sudan now. It's a mass murder. Mass murder is a terrifying… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Young people want to learn, they are thirsty for knowledge, they want to understand and remember. The main thing is to teach… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Still I believe that Hanna Arendt, she was wrong when she tried to say that we are all actually capable of this,… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
For nearly 3,500 years Exodus has left such an imprint on people's memories that I cannot imagine it had been invented just… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
My loyalty to my people, to our people, and to Israel comes first and prevents me from saying anything critical of Israel… — 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