'Indifference to evil is equal to evil' because it strengthens people. — 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
All I hope is that the American coalition is doing its best to prevent civilian casualties and the killing of innocent people. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
If I were in the government, I would persuade the prime minister to see the beauty in the fact that people see… — 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
I don't think I should accept other people's suffering because I suffered. Just the opposite, because I suffered I don't want others… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Politicians, they give the visible aspect of the change, but the change, the root, the anchor are in young people. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I make a difference between genocide and Holocaust. Holocaust was mainly Jewish, that was the only people, to the last Jew, sentenced… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
More people are aware of the consequences of hatred. People are aware. Therefore more people are engaged in fighting ... racism and… — 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
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
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
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
In the word question, there is a beautiful word - quest. I love that word. We are all partners in a quest.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I don't know the real answer, my answer to anything which is essentially human relations is education. Whatever the answer is, education… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Today there isn't a university where they don't have special courses [Jewish studies or Holocaust studies], hundreds and hundreds of universities, young… — 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 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
I make a difference between genocide and Holocaust. Holocaust was mainly Jewish, that was the only people, to the last Jew, sentenced… — 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
My faceless neighbor spoke up: “Don’t be deluded. Hitler has made it clear that he will annihilate all Jews before the clock… — 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
I believe in books. And when our people [coughing] - our people of Jerusalem, let's say after the Romans destroyed the temple… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I told him that I did not believe that they could burn people in our age, that humanity would never tolerate it . . . — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
They are committing the greatest indignity human beings can inflict on one another: telling people who have suffered excruciating pain and loss… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Now, when I hear that Christians are getting together in order to defend the people of Israel, of course it brings joy… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our… — 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
I was convinced that hatred among nations and among people perished in Auschwitz. It didn't. The victims died but the haters are… — 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
The sincere Christian knows that what died in Auschwitz was not the Jewish people but Christianity. — 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 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
It's not a weapon, [governments] don't kill, they don't conduct massacres, although massacres have been committed and many people were killed, but… — 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 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
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
![“There are real people behind the [Bible] stories.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ca/elie-wiesel-341_behinds_there-are-real-people-behind-the-bible-s_911454.jpg)
![“For me [Patriarchs] exist. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob exist today. They are people that you see with white beards. I have no doubt of their existence.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/038/elie-wiesel-341_abraham_for-me-patriarchs-exist-abraham-isaac-an_406065.jpg)
![“Young people want to learn, they are thirsty for knowledge, they want to understand and remember. The main thing is to teach them where not to go. Oppression, not to go; dictatorship, not to go; racism and prejudice, absolutely not to go. This is a moral plan [for society].” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ad2/elie-wiesel-341_dictatorship_young-people-want-to-learn-they-are-thir_1117085.jpg)
![“Today there isn't a university where they don't have special courses [Jewish studies or Holocaust studies], hundreds and hundreds of universities, young people today want to know more than their elders did, much more, and therefore I am very optimistic about young people.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/298/elie-wiesel-341_courses_today-there-isn-t-a-university-where-the_2564346.jpg)
![“[Tibet] never sought any territory. All it wanted is the conquest of the soul, that people should attain a kind of inner sovereignty, inner independence, inner freedom. And inner strength to attain the absolute.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/798/elie-wiesel-341_absolutes_tibet-never-sought-any-territory-all-it_885695.jpg)
![“I remember those faces of people who were good I saw that. I saw a father who gave his bread to his son and his son gave back the bread to his father. That, to me, was such a defeat of the enemies, will of the enemies, theories of the enemies, aspirations, here [in Auschwitz].” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/508/elie-wiesel-341_aspiration_i-remember-those-faces-of-people-who-wer_3133919.jpg)
![“If enough people are sensitive to the tragedy of Tibet, I think it will produce a change politically as well. But furthermore, it's important for the people in Tibet. Now communication is such [that] people know what is happening. Even Tibetan people would know that the Interfaith or the…” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4fe/elie-wiesel-341_causes_if-enough-people-are-sensitive-to-the-tr_238075.jpg)
![“I believe in books. And when our people [coughing] - our people of Jerusalem, let's say after the Romans destroyed the temple and the city, all we took is a little book, that's all. Not treasures, we had no treasures. They were ransacked, taken away. But the book - the little book - and this book…” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2b2/elie-wiesel-341_alive_i-believe-in-books-and-when-our-people-c_2150158.jpg)
![“Even if people tell me they have historical proof [that it is not historical], that doesn't really bother me.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1cc/elie-wiesel-341_bother_even-if-people-tell-me-they-have-histori_320669.jpg)
![“It's not a weapon, [governments] don't kill, they don't conduct massacres, although massacres have been committed and many people were killed, but they stifle religion, they're afraid probably.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8ae/elie-wiesel-341_committed_it-s-not-a-weapon-governments-don-t-kill_3154322.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)
