“Man walks the moon but his soul remains riveted to earth. Once upon a time it was the opposite.”
Source: Souls on Fire
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Famous Elie Wiesel Quotes
“One can do without solutions. Only the questions matter. We may share them or turn away from them.”
Source: Telling the tale: a tribute to Elie Wiesel on the occasion of his 65th birthday : essays, reflections, and poems
Source: Night: with related readings
“My anger rises up within faith and not outside it.”
Source: All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs
Source: Night: with related readings
“After my father's death, nothing could touch me any more.”
Source: Night: with related readings
Source: Harry James Cargas in Conversation with Elie Wiesel
“Some events do take place but are not true; others are, although they never occurred.”
Source: Legends of Our Time
Source: Legends of Our Time
“I describe incidents which may or may not have happened but which are true.”
Source: Elie Wiesel: Conversations
“The only way for us to help ourselves is to help others and to listen to each other's stories.”
“Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming.”
Source: Dawn: A Novel
“It is true that not all the victims were Jews, but all the Jews were victims”
Source: The Trial of God: (as it was held on February 25, 1649, in Shamgorod)
Source: Elie Wiesel: Conversations
Source: Legends of Our Time
“This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story - and perhaps into a prayer.”
“What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.”
“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.”
Source: Night
Source: Elie Wiesel: Conversations
“I learned to trust the threats of enemies before the promises of friends.”
“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love.”
Source: From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences
“You take a text, you explore it, you enter it with all your heart and all your mind.”
Source: Hostage
“Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.”
“In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.”
“Because I survived, I must do everything possible to help others.”