Humanity would never tolerate it Elie Wiesel More Quotes by Elie Wiesel More Quotes From Elie Wiesel The impact of the holocaust on believers as well as unbelievers, on Jews as well as Christians, has not yet been evaluated. Not deeply, not enough. Elie Wiesel holocaust impact christian A word is worth a thousand pictures. Elie Wiesel thousand Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes. Elie Wiesel holocaust dream night Those who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow. Elie Wiesel silent tomorrow yesterday The only place where I felt at home, on familiar ground, was the Jewish cemetery. And yet I had never set foot in it before. Children had been forbidden to enter. Elie Wiesel feet home children Since God is, He is to be found in the questions as well as the answers. Elie Wiesel wells found answers If God exists, how can we lay claim to freedom, since He is its beginning and its end? Elie Wiesel freedom ends claims Man, by definition, is born a stranger: coming from nowhere, he is thrust into an alien world which existed before him-a world which didn't need him. And which will survive him. Elie Wiesel men world needs There are moments when I think it will never end, that it will last indefinitely. It's like the rain. Here the rain, like everything else, suggests permanence and eternity. I say to myself: it's raining today and it's going to rain tomorrow and the next day, the next week and the next century. Elie Wiesel rain next-week thinking I have one request: may I never use my reason against truth. Elie Wiesel use education may For the good of all, I say: Be careful, the brutality of the world must not be more powerful or attractive than love and friendship. Elie Wiesel love-and-friendship brutality powerful We are all brothers and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive. (pg. 39) Elie Wiesel fate brother suffering It has become increasingly clear that Hungarian authorities are encouraging the whitewashing of tragic and criminal episodes in Hungary's past, namely the wartime Hungarian governments' involvement in the deportation and murder of hundreds of thousands of its Jewish citizens. I found it outrageous that the Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly could participate in a ceremony honoring a Hungarian fascist ideologue Elie Wiesel criminals government past Do you know what laughter is? I'll tell you. It's God's mistake. When God made man in order to bend him to his wishes he carelessly gave him the gift of laughter. Elie Wiesel laughter mistake men We cannot indefinitely avoid depressing subject matter, particularly it it is true, and in the subsequent quarter century the world has had to hear a story it would have preferred not to hear - the story of how a cultured people turned to genocide, and how the rest of the world, also composed of cultured people, remained silent in the face of genocide. (v) Elie Wiesel depressing stories people Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another. Elie Wiesel hope inspirational peace I have tried to keep memory alive... I have tried to fight those who would forget. Because if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices. Elie Wiesel alive fighting memories Some of the men spoke of God: His mysterious ways, the sins of the Jewish people, and the redemption to come. As for me, I had ceased to pray. I concurred with Job! I was not denying His existence, but I doubted His absolute justice. Elie Wiesel jobs men people every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer . . . Elie Wiesel possessed answers lost Listen to me, kid. Don't forget that you are in a concentration camp. In this place, it is every many for himself, and you cannot think of others. Not even you father. In this place, there is no such thing as father, brother, friend. Each of us lives and dies alone. Let me give you good advice: stop giving your ration of bread and soup to your old father. You cannot help him anymore. And you are hurting yourself. In fact, you should be getting his rations. Elie Wiesel brother hurt father
