A word is worth a thousand pictures. Elie Wiesel More Quotes by Elie Wiesel More Quotes From Elie Wiesel Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write. Elie Wiesel ifs writing inspirational I did not weep, and it pained me that i could not weep. But I had no more tears. And, in the depths of my being, in the recesses of my weakened conscience, could I have searched it, I might perhaps have found something like--free at last! Elie Wiesel depth tears might Questions outlive the answers. Elie Wiesel answers 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 holocaust doe death Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings. Elie Wiesel encouraging positive inspirational Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe. Elie Wiesel responsibility motivational inspirational Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems. Elie Wiesel problem enough should Pain is essential. Often I cannot avoid it.Therefore all one can do is redeem it; and the only way to redeem it is through literature, art, poetry, music. Elie Wiesel pain way art I don't think I should accept other people's suffering because I suffered. Just the opposite, because I suffered I don't want others to suffer. Elie Wiesel opposites people thinking The Jewish tradition of learning-is learning. Adam chose knowledge instead of immortality. Elie Wiesel jewish-tradition immortality learning I belong to a tradition that believes that the death of a single child is a blemish on creation. Elie Wiesel single-child believe children One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. One less reason to live. Elie Wiesel hate reason heart Oh, it is not death that frightens me, but the impossibility of imparting some meaning to my past. Elie Wiesel my-past impossibility past Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies. Elie Wiesel burning pits baby Remember also that it is not knowledge but the yearning for knowledge that makes for a complete, accomplished man. Such a man does not stand still but perseveres in the face of adversity, nor does he remain untouched by the pain cause by absence. On the contrary, he recognizes himself in each cry, uttered or repressed, in the smallest rift, in the most pressing need. Elie Wiesel adversity pain men You're at the bottom of the mountain. May you climb up without suffering. Elie Wiesel mountain suffering may How can one explain the attraction terror holds for some minds — and why for intellectuals? . . .In a totalitarian and terrorist regime, man is no longer a unique being with infinite possibilities and limitless choices but a number, a puppet, with just this difference — numbers and puppets are not susceptible to fear. Elie Wiesel differences unique men [Memory] is a passion no less powerful or pervasive than love. It is [the ability] to live in more than one world, to prevent the past from fading, and to call upon the future to illuminate it. Elie Wiesel passion powerful memories Take sides. Neutrality always serves the oppressor and never the oppressed. Elie Wiesel neutrality oppressed sides When adults wage war, children perish. Elie Wiesel adults war children
