Drawn to childhood, the old man will seek it in a thousand different ways. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
For me democracy is the only way of life. The opposite is dictatorship or anarchy. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The only way for us to help ourselves is to help others and to listen to each other's stories. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Whenever an angel says "Be not afraid!" you'd better start worrying. A big assignment is on the way. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I really don't teach the way Professor [Frank Moore] Cross does. I don't teach the text the same way he does. I… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
We're both [with Elie Wiesel] a long way from the position of the so-called Biblical minimalists. Some of them see no history… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Pain is essential. Often I cannot avoid it.Therefore all one can do is redeem it; and the only way to redeem it… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
We are all brothers and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I try to see their moral relevance [in the Bible] and, of course, to admire the literary beauty of the text. Prophetic… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I say to myself, if the text was good enough for my father and grandfather, it must be good enough for me.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Why is war such an easy option? Why does peace remain such an elusive goal? We know statesmen skilled at waging war,… — 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
No one has written the way Isaiah does. The royal style, the majesty of the language. He is called the prince of… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Man prefers to blame himself for all possible sins and crimes rather than come to the conclusion that God is capable of… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see. In the face of injustice, one may… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
[The Book of the Law]was lost for so many years. And then Josiah decided to celebrate Passover. The text says that "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
![“I really don't teach the way Professor [Frank Moore] Cross does. I don't teach the text the same way he does. I teach Biblical themes, Biblical events.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eaa/elie-wiesel-341_biblical_i-really-don-t-teach-the-way-professor-f_1097277.jpg)
![“We're both [with Elie Wiesel] a long way from the position of the so-called Biblical minimalists. Some of them see no history in the Bible until Josiah.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9fa/elie-wiesel-341_bible_we-re-both-with-elie-wiesel-a-long-way-f_1724153.jpg)
![“I try to see their moral relevance [in the Bible] and, of course, to admire the literary beauty of the text. Prophetic poetry: No one has written the way Isaiah does.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2bb/elie-wiesel-341_admire_i-try-to-see-their-moral-relevance-in-th_1419692.jpg)
![“[The Book of the Law]was lost for so many years. And then Josiah decided to celebrate Passover. The text says that "The Passover sacrifice had not been offered in that way ... during the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah" [2 Kings 23:22]. What do you mean? Not in the days of David…” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1d4/elie-wiesel-341_book_the-book-of-the-law-was-lost-for-so-many_1777453.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)
