Holy War is a contradiction of terms. Elie Wiesel More Quotes by Elie Wiesel More Quotes From Elie Wiesel We are all teachers, or should be. Anyone who relays experience to another person is a teacher. Not to transmit your experience is to betray it. Elie Wiesel teachingsuccessteacher Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it. Elie Wiesel positivitywaitinghands Every single human being is a unique human being. And, therefore, it's so criminal to do something to that human being, because he or she represents humanity. Elie Wiesel criminalsuniquehumanity ..you do not leave a library; if you do what it wants you to do, you are taking it with you. Elie Wiesel libraryifswant I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. Elie Wiesel bystandersremembrancesilence 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 dreammennight In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on. Elie Wiesel giving-upgivingorder Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future. Elie Wiesel dreamheartpast The most important question a human being has to face... What is it? The question, Why are we here? Elie Wiesel importanthumansfaces Remembering is a noble and necessary act. The call of memory, the call to memory, reaches us from the very dawn of history. No commandment figures so frequently, so insistently, in the Bible. It is incumbent upon us to remember the good we have received, and the evil we have suffered. Elie Wiesel dawnevilmemories Will you join me in hearing the case for keeping weapons from those who preach death to Israel and America? Elie Wiesel hearingisraelamerica 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 consentconclusionsuffering Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us. Elie Wiesel crywallsuffering Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life. Elie Wiesel meaning-of-lifeovercominggiving Once upon a time refugee meant somebody who has a refuge, found a place, a haven where he could find refuge. Elie Wiesel refugeeonce-upon-a-timefound Emphasis must be put on learning: there is no substitute to education. It can be briefly formulated in a few words: always, whatever you do in life, think higher and feel deeper. Elie Wiesel substitutesfew-wordsthinking One person of integrity can make a difference. Elie Wiesel making-a-differencedifferencesintegrity I have no doubt that faith is only pure when it does not negate the faith of another. I have no doubt that evil can be fought and that indifference is no option. I have no doubt that fanaticism is dangerous. And of all the books in the world on life, I have no doubt that the life of one person weighs more than them all. Elie Wiesel evillifebook [Friedrich] Nietzsche said something marvellous, he said "Madness is not a consequence of uncertainty but of certainty", and this is fanaticism. Elie Wiesel madnesscertaintysaid An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman Elie Wiesel indifferencehumanssuffering
