My interpretation is different. God asks Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" [Genesis 4:9] And Cain answers "Lo yadati, "I don't know" or "I didn't know." Then comes a period, followed by "Am I my brother's keeper?" Elie Wiesel More Quotes by Elie Wiesel More Quotes From Elie Wiesel Each man was his own executioner and his own victim. Elie Wiesel executioners victim men Every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering; not to share them would mean to betray them. Elie Wiesel offering grace mean There are no accidents, only encounters with destiny! Elie Wiesel accidents encounters destiny The sins I regret the most are the one's I didn't commit. Elie Wiesel i-regret regret sin There is one right I would not grant anyone. And that is the right to be indifferent. Elie Wiesel indifferent grants Life belongs to man, but the meaning of life is beyond him. Elie Wiesel meaning-of-life life-is men Not all games are innocent. Some come dangerously close to cruelty. Elie Wiesel cruelty innocent games 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....Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never. Elie Wiesel dust dream night Humanity would never tolerate it Elie Wiesel tolerate humanity And to write is to sow and to reap at the same time. Elie Wiesel reap writing When our center is strong, everything else is secondary. Elie Wiesel strong Sometimes I think I prefer the storyteller in [Roman Vishniac] to the photographer. But aren't they one and the same? Elie Wiesel photographer sometimes thinking But where was I to start? The world is so vast, I shall start with the country I knew best, my own. But my country is so very large. I had better start with my town. But my town, too, is large. I had best start with my street. No, my home. No, my family. Never mind, I shall start with myself. Elie Wiesel mind home country We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something else. Elie Wiesel holocaust despair hope My anger rises up within faith and not outside it. Elie Wiesel We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything--death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth. Elie Wiesel numbers men night When you see the abyss, and we have looked into it, then what? There isn't much room at the edge -- one person, another, not many. If you are there, others cannot be there. If you are there, you become a protective wall. What happens? You become part of t Elie Wiesel wall rooms knowledge I'd almost say hope isn't what it used to be. It's very difficult today to be a teacher. I speak to children. And tell them, look, no matter what, you must have hope. You must. When I invoke Camus, who said when there is no hope, you must invent hope. . .hope is something that is not what God gives us. It's like peace. It's a gift that one can give to one another. Only another person can push me to despair. And only another person can push me to hope. Its my choice. Elie Wiesel teacher giving children I spent most of my time talking to God more than to people. Elie Wiesel god talking people The only way for us to help ourselves is to help others and to listen to each other's stories. Elie Wiesel helping-others stories life
