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> [Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of madness?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/did-i-write-it-so-as-not-to-go-mad-or-on-the-contrary-to-go-mad-in/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

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> [In my lifetime I was to write only one book, this would be the one. Just as the past Lingers in the present, all my writings after night, including those that deal with biblical, Talmudic, or Hasidic themes, profoundly bear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/in-my-lifetime-i-was-to-write-only-one-book-this-would-be-the-one/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

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## More by Elie Wiesel

> [A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/a-religious-person-answers-to-god-not-to-the-elected-or-non-elected/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

> [One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. One less reason to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/one-more-stab-to-the-heart-one-more-reason-to-hate-one-less-reason-to/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

> [“What all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them, that when their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/what-all-these-victims-need-above-all-is-to-know-that-they-are-not/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

> [I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/i-feel-that-books-just-like-people-have-a-destiny-some-invite-sorrow/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

> [ \[Chinese\] are a huge empire now, you'll soon be - in a few years two billion people in the world. So, you should be… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/chinese-are-a-huge-empire-now-you-ll-soon-be-in-a-few-years-two/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

> [Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/did-i-write-it-so-as-not-to-go-mad-or-on-the-contrary-to-go-mad-in/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/take-the-story-of-cain-and-abel-why-were-we-given-that-story/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

> [Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/mankind-must-remember-that-peace-is-not-god-s-gift-to-his-creatures/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

> [The world? The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/the-world-the-world-is-not-interested-in-us-today-everything-is/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

> [every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/every-question-possessed-a-power-that-was-lost-in-the-answer/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

> [I think this century more than any other really has seen the phenomenon of people being uprooted in such numbers, such a degree. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/i-think-this-century-more-than-any-other-really-has-seen-the/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

> [His cold eyes stared at me. At last, he said wearily: "I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/his-cold-eyes-stared-at-me-at-last-he-said-wearily-i-have-more-faith/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/as-you-know-i-describe-shirat-ha-yam-as-part-of-an-epic-story-that/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

> [Every Jew, somewhere in his being, should set apart a zone of hate -healthy virile hate- for what the German personifies and for what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/every-jew-somewhere-in-his-being-should-set-apart-a-zone-of-hate/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

> [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/did-hope-help-us-to-survive-or-not-too-many-families-clung-to-it-all/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

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