Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies. Elie Wiesel More Quotes by Elie Wiesel More Quotes From Elie Wiesel I think this century more than any other really has seen the phenomenon of people being uprooted in such numbers, such a degree. They even have a word for it: The refugees. It's a new word, a 20th Century word, but refugee is actually a misnomer. Elie Wiesel numberspeoplethinking My faith is a wounded faith, but it's not without faith. My life is not without faith. Elie Wiesel woundedlife-is There is divine beauty in learning... To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps. Elie Wiesel divine-beautyeducationmean Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to life as long as God himself Elie Wiesel holocaustnightlong Some stories are true that never happened. Elie Wiesel dreamwritinglove Perhaps some day someone will explain how, on the level of man, Auschwitz was possible; but on the level of God, it will forever remain the most disturbing of mysteries. Elie Wiesel levelsforevermen A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent. Elie Wiesel genocidedestructionmen I've been fighting my entire adult life for men and women everywhere to be equal and to be different. But there is one right I would not grant anyone. And that is the right to be indifferent. Elie Wiesel adultsfightingmen You shouldn’t act as a spokesperson for someone who’s trying to impose his will on you. Elie Wiesel trying You know, words have strange destiny, too. They grow. They get old. They die. They come back. Elie Wiesel destinystrangegrows Some events do take place but are not true; Elie Wiesel events With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I do not believe any civilized society should be at the service of death. I don't think it's human to become an agent of the angel of death. Elie Wiesel angelmemoriesbelieve 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 winningmendeath Mankind needs peace more than ever, for our entire planet, threatened by nuclear war, is in danger of total destruction. A destruction only man can provoke, only man can prevent. Elie Wiesel menwarpeace Now, when I hear that Christians are getting together in order to defend the people of Israel, of course it brings joy to my heart. And it simply says, look, people have learned from history. Elie Wiesel israelchristianheart For in the end, it is all about memory, its sources and its magnitude, and, of course, its consequences. Elie Wiesel sourceendsmemories War is like night, she said. It covers everything. Elie Wiesel saidnightwar Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Elie Wiesel holocaustnightlong After my father's death, nothing could touch me any more. Elie Wiesel touch-mefather Which is worse? Killing with hate or killing without hate? Elie Wiesel killinghate
