Certain things, certain events, seem inexplicable only for a time: up to the moment when the veil is torn aside. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Abraham is trying to obey God, but not to kill. I feel that moment is one of the defining moments of Jewish… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Memory is the keyword which combines past with present, past and future. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human. — 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
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
I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
My good friends, we are all waiting. We are waiting, if not for the Messiah, as such, we are waiting for the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Bread, soup - these were my whole life. I was a body. Perhaps less than that even: a starved stomach. The stomach… — 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
It was pitch dark. I could hear only the violin, and it was as though Juliek's soul were the bow. He was… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Religion is a very personal thing for me. Religion has its good moments and its poor moments. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
[Memory] is a passion no less powerful or pervasive than love. It is [the ability] to live in more than one world,… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I think that human beings are capable of the worst things possible and they show that there were times, and there probably… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“--"And then I explained to him how naive we were, that the world did know and remained silent. And that is why… — Élie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“Some of life's moments mark a break in consciousness; others give rise to streams of scintillating, philosophical ideas or astonishing works of… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Once upon a time refugee meant somebody who has a refuge, found a place, a haven where he could find refuge. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The criminal is not alone when he returns to the scene of the crime; he is joined there by his victim, and… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
There are moments when I think it will never end, that it will last indefinitely. It's like the rain. Here the rain,… — 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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