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God Quotes by Elie Wiesel
- I rarely speak about God. To God, yes. I protest against Him. I shout at Him. But to open a discourse about the qualities of…
- God made (human beings) because he loves stories.
- I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes were open and I was alone - terribly alone in a world without God and without…
- Perhaps some day someone will explain how, on the level of man, Auschwitz was possible; but on the level of God, it will forever remain…
- I was there when God was put on trial....At the end of the trial, they used the word chayav, rather than 'guilty'. It means 'He…
- At Auschwitz, not only man died, but also the idea of man. To live in a world where there is nothing anymore, where the executioner…
- Man asks and God replies but we don't understand his replies because they dwell in the depths of our souls and remain there until we…
- If God exists, how can we lay claim to freedom, since He is its beginning and its end?
- Do you know what laughter is? I'll tell you. It's God's mistake. When God made man in order to bend him to his wishes he…
- What is man? Ally of God or simply his toy? His triumph or his fall?
- I spent most of my time talking to God more than to people.
- In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see. In the face of injustice, one may not look the…
- I'd almost say hope isn't what it used to be. It's very difficult today to be a teacher. I speak to children. And tell them,…
- I think he is condemned by himself to loneliness. God is One: he was, he is, he will be always One. One is so lonely.…
- We still are looking for someone who knows the secret of immortality. Only God is immortal; we are not.
- I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.
- Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.
- Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
- I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an…
- Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.
- After all, God is God because he remembers.
- Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins.
- Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven…
- [Moishe] explained to me, with great emphasis, that every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer.... And why do you pray, Moishe?'…
- I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him the right questions.
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- Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- I was a lousy nun. I couldn't do it. I couldn't find God. It wasn't suitable for me. It is suitable for… — Karen Armstrong
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men… — Francis of Assisi
- I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
- It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look. — Francis of Assisi