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Elie Wiesel Quotes

You’re at the bottom of the mountain. May you climb up without suffering Picture Quote #1

When I began teaching you hardly could find a university in America or a college where they would teach either Jewish studies or Holocaust studies Picture Quote #1

I would hesitate to give advice to the Dalai Lama and his people because they are suffering. The Dalai Lama suffered from exile and the people in Tibet suffer from oppression Picture Quote #1

Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of words that have been spoken during the day takes on a new and deeper meaning. The tragedy of man is that he doesn’t know how to distinguish between day and night. He says things at night that should only be said by day Picture Quote #1

Abraham is trying to obey God, but not to kill. I feel that moment is one of the defining moments of Jewish faith Picture Quote #1

When my father was born, it was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. When I was born, it was Lithuania. When I left, it was Hungary. It is difficult to say where I come from Picture Quote #1

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The Biblical text does not have punctuation marks like periods and question marks. Where we end sentences is a matter of interpretation Picture Quote #1

I never compared Nazis into communism, but communism was the same thing, the end justifies the means. Whatever the means Picture Quote #1

‘Indifference to evil is equal to evil’ because it strengthens people Picture Quote #1

In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous Picture Quote #1

More people are aware of the consequences of hatred. People are aware. Therefore more people are engaged in fighting ... racism and so forth Picture Quote #1

Personally, as a student who loves words, who loves texts, I am concerned with finding something in the text from within Picture Quote #1

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I wrote my first book, I published it in 1955, it was in Yiddish and it was called And The World Was Silent Picture Quote #1

I came to the conclusion that I am free to choose my own suffering. But I am not free to consent to someone else’s suffering Picture Quote #1

Religion is not man’s relationship to God, it is man’s relationship to man Picture Quote #1

I don’t like docudramas. Documentaries should not go together with fiction, or half-fiction or quarter-fiction. The two should not go together. They cannot mix Picture Quote #1

Religion is a very personal thing for me. Religion has its good moments and its poor moments Picture Quote #1

Fanaticism in many lands has surfaced as the greatest threat to the world. Indifference to its consequences would be a serious mistake Picture Quote #1

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I respect scholarship. But I don’t like to do things half-heartedly Picture Quote #1

Someone who hates one group will end up hating everyone - and, ultimately, hating himself or herself Picture Quote #1

In any society, fanatics who hate don’t hate only me - they hate you, too. They hate everybody Picture Quote #1

Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

When you see the abyss, and we have looked into it, then what? There isn't much room at the edge - one person, another, not many. If you are there, others cannot be there. If you are there, you become a protective wall. What happens? You become part of the abyss. But the word may be misleading. It means many things. Fear. Fear of forgetting. And of remembering. Fear of madness Picture Quote #1

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This is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century - solidarity with the weak, the persecuted, the lonely, the sick, and those in despair. It is expressed by the desire to give a noble and humanizing meaning to a community in which all members will define themselves not by their own identity but by that of others Picture Quote #1

I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness and not be influenced by it. That is why the children of survivors are so tragic. I see them in school. They don't know how to handle their parents. They see that their parents are traumatized: they scream and don't react normally Picture Quote #1

Nobody is stronger, nobody is weaker than someone who came back. There is nothing you can do to such a person because whatever you could do is less than what has already been done to him. We have already paid the price Picture Quote #1

The act of writing is for me often nothing more than the secret or conscious desire to carve words on a tombstone: to the memory of a town forever vanished, to the memory of a childhood in exile, to the memory of all those I loved and who, before I could tell them I loved them, went away Picture Quote #1

If there is a single theme that dominates all my writings, all my obsessions, it is that of memory - because I fear forgetfulness as much as hatred and death Picture Quote #1

The books I have read were composed by generations of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, teachers and disciples. I am the sum total of their experiences, and so are you Picture Quote #1

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You’re at the bottom of the mountain. May you climb up without suffering. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) When I began teaching you hardly could find a university in America or a college where they would teach either Jewish studies or Holocaust studies. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) I would hesitate to give advice to the Dalai Lama and his people because they are suffering. The Dalai Lama suffered from exile and the people in Tibet suffer from oppression. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of words that have been spoken during the day takes on a new and deeper meaning. The tragedy of man is that he doesn’t know how to distinguish between day and night. He says things at night that should only be said by day. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) Abraham is trying to obey God, but not to kill. I feel that moment is one of the defining moments of Jewish faith. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) When my father was born, it was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. When I was born, it was Lithuania. When I left, it was Hungary. It is difficult to say where I come from. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) The Biblical text does not have punctuation marks like periods and question marks. Where we end sentences is a matter of interpretation. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) I never compared Nazis into communism, but communism was the same thing, the end justifies the means. Whatever the means. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) ‘Indifference to evil is equal to evil’ because it strengthens people (Elie Wiesel Quotes) In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) More people are aware of the consequences of hatred. People are aware. Therefore more people are engaged in fighting ... racism and so forth. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) Personally, as a student who loves words, who loves texts, I am concerned with finding something in the text from within. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) I wrote my first book, I published it in 1955, it was in Yiddish and it was called And The World Was Silent. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) I came to the conclusion that I am free to choose my own suffering. But I am not free to consent to someone else’s suffering. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) Religion is not man’s relationship to God, it is man’s relationship to man (Elie Wiesel Quotes) I don’t like docudramas. Documentaries should not go together with fiction, or half-fiction or quarter-fiction. The two should not go together. They cannot mix. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) Religion is a very personal thing for me. Religion has its good moments and its poor moments. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) Fanaticism in many lands has surfaced as the greatest threat to the world. Indifference to its consequences would be a serious mistake. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) I respect scholarship. But I don’t like to do things half-heartedly. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) Someone who hates one group will end up hating everyone - and, ultimately, hating himself or herself. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) In any society, fanatics who hate don’t hate only me - they hate you, too. They hate everybody. (Elie Wiesel Quotes) Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another (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 (Elie Wiesel Quotes) When you see the abyss, and we have looked into it, then what? There isn't much room at the edge - one person, another, not many. If you are there, others cannot be there. If you are there, you become a protective wall. What happens? You become part of the abyss. But the word may be misleading. It means many things. Fear. Fear of forgetting. And of remembering. Fear of madness (Elie Wiesel Quotes) This is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century - solidarity with the weak, the persecuted, the lonely, the sick, and those in despair. It is expressed by the desire to give a noble and humanizing meaning to a community in which all members will define themselves not by their own identity but by that of others (Elie Wiesel Quotes) I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness and not be influenced by it. That is why the children of survivors are so tragic. I see them in school. They don't know how to handle their parents. They see that their parents are traumatized: they scream and don't react normally (Elie Wiesel Quotes) Nobody is stronger, nobody is weaker than someone who came back. There is nothing you can do to such a person because whatever you could do is less than what has already been done to him. We have already paid the price (Elie Wiesel Quotes) The act of writing is for me often nothing more than the secret or conscious desire to carve words on a tombstone: to the memory of a town forever vanished, to the memory of a childhood in exile, to the memory of all those I loved and who, before I could tell them I loved them, went away (Elie Wiesel Quotes) If there is a single theme that dominates all my writings, all my obsessions, it is that of memory - because I fear forgetfulness as much as hatred and death (Elie Wiesel Quotes) The books I have read were composed by generations of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, teachers and disciples. I am the sum total of their experiences, and so are you (Elie Wiesel Quotes)

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