I remember when I heard the words "Biblical criticism" in my town, it was with disdain: "Biblical criticism? How dare you?". — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
In my little town, Sighet, which is in Romania, Hungary-Romania, but a real shtetl, a little [Jewish] village - and we began… — 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
The act of writing is for me often nothing more than the secret or conscious desire to carve words on a tombstone:… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
But where was I to start? The world is so vast, I shall start with the country I knew best, my own.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
In my town we studied the five Books of Moses, but rarely the prophets. We studied the Talmud so much that I… — 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
![“In my little town, Sighet, which is in Romania, Hungary-Romania, but a real shtetl, a little [Jewish] village - and we began with the Chumash [Pentateuch], probably at age four.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/648/elie-wiesel-341_age_in-my-little-town-sighet-which-is-in-rom_1008814.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)
