I'd rather speak as a student of philosophy. Philosophically it makes no sense, absolutely makes no sense. Why should people inherit evil things when their memories could contain and should invoke good things? Elie Wiesel More Quotes by Elie Wiesel More Quotes From Elie Wiesel No human being is illegal. That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal? Elie Wiesel skinnycontradictionbeautiful All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. Elie Wiesel racereligiousfaith No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night. We know that every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering; not to share them would mean to betray them. Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately. Elie Wiesel gratitudenightmean In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see. Elie Wiesel compassionsufferingfaces Human beings all change. Not what they are but who they are. We have the power to change what we do with our life and turn it into our destiny. Elie Wiesel turnsdestinyhumans Every moment is a new beginning. Elie Wiesel new-beginningspositiveinspirational What is man? Elie Wiesel ubuntumenpeace you can do something. You can, even for one person Don't turn away; help. Because those who suffer, often suffer not because of the person or the group that inflicts the suffering; they seem to suffer because nobody cares. Elie Wiesel groupscaresuffering There is much to be done, there is much that can be done... One person of integrity, can make a difference, a difference of life and death. As long as one dissident is in prison, our freedom will not be true. As long as one child is hungry, our lives will be filled with anguish and shame. What all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them, that when their voices are stifled we shall lend them ours, that while their freedom depends on ours, the quality of our freedom depends on theirs. Elie Wiesel freedomintegritychildren Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. Elie Wiesel exercisefitnessmotivational I write to understand as much as to be understood. Elie Wiesel understandingliteraturewriting Think higher, feel deeper. Elie Wiesel deeperfeelsthinking 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 holocaustangerfaith Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being. Elie Wiesel gratitudecherishhumanity In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see. In the face of injustice, one may not look the other way. When someone suffers, and it is not you, that person comes first. One's very suffering gives one priority. . . . To watch over one who grieves is a more urgent duty than to think of God. Elie Wiesel grievinggivingthinking The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence. Elie Wiesel philosophersilence In the word question, there is a beautiful word - quest. I love that word. We are all partners in a quest. The essential questions have no answers. You are my question, and I am yours - and then there is dialogue. The moment we have answers, there is no dialogue. Questions unite people. Elie Wiesel essentialsbeautifulpeople For us it's not easy to be conformist, I cannot stand to be conformist, I don't accept what it is, I like to say no. If I see an injustice I scream. Elie Wiesel injusticescreameasy There is much to be done, there is much that can be done... one person of integrity can make a difference. Elie Wiesel differencesintegritycharacter For one who is indifferent, life itself is a prison. Any sense of community is external or, even worse, nonexistent. Thus, indifference means solitude. Those who are indifferent do not see others. They feel nothing for others and are unconcerned with what might happen to them. They are surrounded by a great emptiness. Filled by it, in fact. They are devoid of all hope as well as imagination. In other words, devoid of any future. Elie Wiesel imaginationhopemean
