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 He wants to see whether we are capable of overcoming out base instincts, of killing the Satan within ourselves. We have no right to despair. And if he punishes us mercilessly, it is a sign that He loves us that much more. Elie Wiesel despair overcoming want Next to him lay his violin, trampled, an eerily poignant little corpse. Elie Wiesel violin next littles Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees. Elie Wiesel yesterday attitude today Only one enemy is worse than despair: indifference. In every area of human creativity, indifference is the enemy; indifference of evil is worse than evil, because it is also sterile. Elie Wiesel creativity evil enemy Drawn to childhood, the old man will seek it in a thousand different ways. Elie Wiesel childhood age men Perhaps fate isn't blind after all. Perhaps it's capable of fantasy, even compassion. Elie Wiesel fantasy fate compassion In spite of despair, hope must exist. In spite of suffering, humanity must prevail. And in spite of all the differences in the world, the worst enemy, the worst peril, is indifference. Elie Wiesel worst-enemy differences humanity Memory is the keyword which combines past with present, past and future. Elie Wiesel keywords memories past All those who love thrillers will find in Michael Alexiades's first novel a source of great pleasure and satisfaction. It combines suspense and knowledge, experience and imagination. His grateful readers will now wait for the next. Elie Wiesel grateful imagination waiting Whatever you think in life... think higher and feel deeper. Elie Wiesel deeper positivity thinking It is true that not all the victims were Jews, but all the Jews were victims Elie Wiesel jew holocaust victim It is obvious that the war which Hitler and his accomplices waged was a war not only against Jewish men, women, and children, but also against Jewish religion, Jewish culture, Jewish tradition, therefore Jewish memory. Elie Wiesel memories war children The deeper the nostalgia and the more complete the fear, the purer, the richer the word and the secret. Elie Wiesel deeper nostalgia secret My faceless neighbor spoke up: “Don’t be deluded. Hitler has made it clear that he will annihilate all Jews before the clock strikes twelve.” I exploded: “What do you care what he said? Would you want us to consider him a prophet? His cold eyes stared at me. At last he said, wearily: “I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people. Elie Wiesel eye people promise The more we know, the more pain we have. But because we are human beings, this must be. Otherwise we become objects rather than subjects. Elie Wiesel endurance pain humans The sky is so close to the sea that it is difficult to tell which is reflected in the other, which one needs the other, which one is dominating the other. Elie Wiesel sea sky needs Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of madness? Elie Wiesel mad writing order We still are looking for someone who knows the secret of immortality. Only God is immortal; we are not. Elie Wiesel immortality stills secret I don't believe in collective guilt. The children of killers are not killers, but children. Elie Wiesel guilt believe children I think he is condemned by himself to loneliness. God is One: he was, he is, he will be always One. One is so lonely. Maybe that is why he created human beings--to feel less lonely. But as human beings betray his creation, he may become even lonelier. Elie Wiesel lonely loneliness god
