Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems. Elie Wiesel on alone
Look, if I were alone in the world, I would have the right to choose despair, solitude and self-fulfillment. But I am not alone. Elie Wiesel on alone
I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason. Elie Wiesel on anger
I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory. Elie Wiesel on best
It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed. Elie Wiesel on car
I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again. Elie Wiesel on death
Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies. Elie Wiesel on death
Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins. Elie Wiesel on death
No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions. Elie Wiesel on dreams
Not to transmit an experience is to betray it. Elie Wiesel on experience
I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason. Elie Wiesel on faith
No human race is superior no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. Elie Wiesel on faith
I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it. Elie Wiesel on faith
Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing. Elie Wiesel on friendship
Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future. Elie Wiesel on future
It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed. Elie Wiesel on future
After all, God is God because he remembers. Elie Wiesel on god
I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason. Elie Wiesel on god
Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems. Elie Wiesel on god
I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it. Elie Wiesel on god