Elie Wiesel Quotes
Elie Wiesel Quotes
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.
2626 Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.
4625 Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write.
1989 I write to understand as much as to be understood.
1755 I needed to know that there was such a thing as love and that it brought smiles and joy in its wake.
4702 No human being is illegal.
2640 If the only prayer you say throughout your life is "Thank You," then that will be enough.
4339 Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.
1471 There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
3525 For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
2596 Even in darkness it is possible to create light and encourage compassion. That it is possible to feel free inside a prison. That even in exile, friendship exists and can become an anchor. That one instant before dying, man is still immortal.
2936 A disciple came to the celebrated Master of the Good Name with a question. “Rabbi, how are we to distinguish between a true master and a fake?” And the master of the good name said, “When you meet a person who poses as a master, ask him a question: whether he knows how to purify your thoughts. If he says that he knows, then he is a fake.
4024 In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous.
3513 For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.
4226 Violence is not the answer. Terrorism is the most dangerous of answers.
3058 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 die.
4741 We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children, between the ugliness of hate and the will to oppose it. Between inflicting suffering and humiliation on our fellow man and offering him the solidarity and hope he deserves. Or not.
3875 We are all brothers and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive. (pg. 39)
3754 Humanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible.
4792 Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words
4094 But where shall I start? The world is so vast, I shall start with the country I know best, my own. But my country is so very large, I had better start with my town. But my town, too, is large. I had best start with my street. No, my home. No, my family. Never mind, I shall start with myself.
4076 Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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