Source: From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences
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Famous Elie Wiesel Quotes
Source: From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences
Source: From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences
“Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.”
“When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.”
“Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.”
“Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.”
Source: Elie Wiesel: Conversations
“Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.”
“I write to understand as much as to be understood.”
Source: From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences
“Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.”
Source: The Fifth Son: A novel
“A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent.”
Source: Elie Wiesel: Conversations
Source: From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences
Source: Elie Wiesel: Conversations
“Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.”
Source: Legends of Our Time
“For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share.”
“I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table.”
“There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.”
“I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it.”
“I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance.”
“I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life.”
“I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be truthful.”
“Moses was the greatest legislator and the commander in chief of perhaps the first liberation army.”
“No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions.”
Source: Night
“Not to transmit an experience is to betray it.”
Source: From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences
Source: Night
Source: Elie Wiesel: Conversations
Source: From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences