“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.”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.comTagged: Violence, Suffering, Human Being, Hope, Faith
“No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.”— Elie Wiesel, nydailynews.comTagged: human race, Judgement, racist, inferior, Elie Wiesel
“If I survived, it must be for some reason. I must do something with my life. It is too serious to play games with anymore, because in my place, someone else could have been saved. And so I speak for that person. On the other hand, I know I cannot.”— Elie Wiesel, nydailynews.comTagged: Survival, humanity, Elie Wiesel Quotes, Elie Wiesel
“And what is a friend? More than a father, more than a brother: a traveling companion, with him, you can conquer the impossible, even if you must lose it later. Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing. It is…”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.comTagged: Friendship, Friends, humanity, forgiveness, Change
“A man hates his enemy because he hates his own hate.”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.comTagged: Hate, humanity, Enemy, Elie Wiesel
“Never again" becomes more than a slogan: It's a prayer, a promise, a vow. There will never again be hatred, people say. Never again jail and torture. Never again the suffering of innocent people, or the shooting of starving, frightened, terrified children. And never again the glorification of base,…”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.comTagged: Holocaust, Violence, prayer, Innocence
“Life is really fascinated only by death. It vibrates only when it comes in contact with death.”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.comTagged: Death Quotes, Life Quotes, Life And Death
“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.”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.comTagged: Darkness, Light, Happiness, Friendship, Peace
“Help one another. It is the only way to survive.”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.comTagged: help, survive, humanity, Life, Brotherhood
“Which is better, truth that is a lie or the lie that is truth?”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.comTagged: Truth, humanity, lying, Lies
“Life belongs to man, but the meaning of life is beyond him.”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.comTagged: Meaning Of Life, Life Quotes, Elie Wiesel Quotes
“I still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted by the enemies of mankind. And I continue to cling to words because it is up to us to transform them into instruments of comprehension rather than contempt. It is up to us to choose…”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.comTagged: Good and Bad, Evil, Good And Evil, humanity, wounds
“Those who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow.”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.comTagged: Silence, Speak Up, humanity, Night
“Indifference is the sign of sickness, a sickness of the soul more contagious than any other.”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.comTagged: Indifference, human, humanity
“Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.”— Elie Wiesel, eliewieselfoundation.orgTagged: Power, human, Faith, Goodness
“There's a long road of suffering ahead of you. But don't lose courage. You've already escaped the gravest danger: selection. So now, muster your strength, and don't lose heart. We shall all see the day of liberation. Have faith in life. Above all else, have faith. Drive out despair, and you will kee…”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.comTagged: Suffering, Courage, Despair, Foregiveness, survive
“One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. One less reason to live.”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.comTagged: Hate And Love, Hate, Life, Healing, heart
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men and women a…”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.comTagged: Freedom, Peace, humanity, Religion Quotes, Victim
“If the only prayer you say throughout your life is 'Thank You,' then that will be enough.”— Elie Wiesel, eliewieselfoundation.orgTagged: prayer, God, Relationship, Religion Quotes
“When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.”— Elie Wiesel, eliewieselfoundation.orgTagged: Gratitude, humanity, Heart and Love, Elie Wiesel Quotes
“To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.comTagged: Death Quotes, Mourning, dead, Killing
“Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.comTagged: Human Suffering, Peace, Compassion, Suffering, Compromise
“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”— Elie Wiesel, architectsofpeace.orgTagged: Silence, Peace, Human Being, Love
“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.”— Elie Wiesel, architectsofpeace.orgTagged: Elie Wiesel Quotes, Elie Wiesel, Love And Hate, Love, Hate
“There is so much to be done, there is so much that can be done.”— Elie Wiesel, nobelprize.orgTagged: Elie Wiesel Quotes, Elie Wiesel, human, humanity
“When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant.”— Elie Wiesel, nobelprize.orgTagged: humanity, Holocaust, Elie Wiesel Quotes, Elie Wiesel