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 those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes. — 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
Every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering; not to share them would mean to betray them. — 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
“When you die and go to heaven our maker is not going to ask, 'why didn't you discover the cure for such… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“I don't know whether or not we'll meet again, Gregor. I could, with an effort, look into the future, but the time's… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
From time immemorial, people have talked about peace without achieving it. Do we simply lack enough experience? Though we talk peace, we… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the… — 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
A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. One less reason to live. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
“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
I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
[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
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
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
Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
The world? The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria... — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
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
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
As you know, I describe Shirat ha-Yam as part of an epic story that has qualities of history and which also has qualities of… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
Every Jew, somewhere in his being, should set apart a zone of hate -healthy virile hate- for what the German personifies and for what… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
“Did hope help us to survive, or not? Too many families clung to it all through the war, thus falling into the enemy's trap.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share
