"In my lifetime I was to write only……" — Elie Wiesel
"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 it's stamp, and cannot be understood if one has not read this very first of my works. Why did I write it? Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of the madness, the immense, terrifying madness that had erupted in history and in the conscience of mankind?"
—
Elie Wiesel
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
326 Quotes by Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel has 326 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
This is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century - solidarity with the weak, the persecuted,…
-
Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.
-
Whatever you think in life... think higher and feel deeper.
-
Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.
-
Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
-
Every moment is a new beginning.
-
Memory is the keyword which combines past with present, past and future.
-
Perhaps fate isn't blind after all. Perhaps it's capable of fantasy, even compassion.
-
Holy War is a contradiction of terms...
-
Only one enemy is worse than despair: indifference. In every area of human creativity, indifference is the enemy; indifference of…
-
Why is war such an easy option? Why does peace remain such an elusive goal? We know statesmen skilled at…
-
In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.
See all 326 quotes by Elie Wiesel »
More All Quotes
This quote is filed under All Quotes,
one of 128,558 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally…
— Hannah Arendt
-
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
— Hannah Arendt
-
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
— Hannah Arendt
-
The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes…
— Hannah Arendt
-
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of…
— Hannah Arendt
-
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
— Hannah Arendt
-
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
— Pietro Aretino
-
We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
— Aristophanes
-
A friend to all is a friend to none.
— Aristotle
See all 128,558 All Quotes »