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 Today again the teacher is the important thing, but on the other hand anti-Semitism is growing today. No doubt about it. All over the world, especially in Europe, and it's true they begin with anti-Israeli attitudes and then it's so strong that it runs over and becomes anti-Semitic. Elie Wiesel strong running teacher I had my religious crisis after the war, not during the war. Elie Wiesel crisis religious war I come from a very religious background.And actually I remained in it. All my anger I describe in my quarrels with God in Auschwitz, but you know I used to pray every day. Elie Wiesel used religious praying I make a difference between genocide and Holocaust. Holocaust was mainly Jewish, that was the only people, to the last Jew, sentenced to die for one reason, for being Jewish, that's all. Elie Wiesel holocaust differences people A Jew who converted, who simulated, was, at least in some periods, safe. Hitler in the beginning did not want to kill all the Jews but he wanted us to have a Germany free of Jews. If America had allowed Jews to come in, the British had accepted Jews from Palestine, they were safe. Elie Wiesel germany safe america I was involved in trying to save the Rwandan people and Sudan now. It's a mass murder. Mass murder is a terrifying word. We don't have to go further than that. Cambodia came close to, but what was it, Cambodians killing Cambodians after all. So therefore I think we should be very careful with vocabulary. Elie Wiesel vocabulary people thinking My God was never happiness, but to understand and be understood. Elie Wiesel understood When I have my manuscript finished, more or less, I type it myself, with two fingers. I type fast with two fingers. And then when it's ready, I reread, recorrect, and retype it. Everything is my own work. I do not give it to secretaries or to typists. Elie Wiesel fingers giving two did everything I could in my life to be immune to hatred, because hatred is a cancer. Elie Wiesel cancer immune hatred I'm a privileged person, I feel privileged because of who I am. I write books, I write novels, I write essays and I teach and I go from university to university. I'm one of the old, but I still go around, but I only see those who are not like that, I don't see the junk youth. I only meet students, and even those who are not formally at the university, if they come to listen to me, they come to read me, it means they are not junk students. Elie Wiesel writing mean book Fanaticism in many lands has surfaced as the greatest threat to the world. Indifference to its consequences would be a serious mistake. Elie Wiesel serious land mistake Writing should not be routine; writing should actually be the opposite of procedural because otherwise the written word would become a routine word. Elie Wiesel routine opposites writing I've worked with five Presidents in America, all of them I ask the same question always: Why didn't the American allies bomb the railways going to Auschwitz? Elie Wiesel allies president america I think that human beings are capable of the worst things possible and they show that there were times, and there probably are times, that it is human to be inhuman. Elie Wiesel worst shows thinking More people are aware of the consequences of hatred. People are aware. Therefore more people are engaged in fighting ... racism and so forth. Elie Wiesel fighting racism people Fanaticism is the greatest threat today. Literally, the 21st century threatened by fanatics, and we have fanatics in every religion, unfortunately, and what can we do against them? Words nothing else, I'm against violence but only words. Elie Wiesel century violence today The Vietnam War ended because of the campus situation. And so many other injustices have been corrected in the World today only thanks to the young people. So, young people especially have a responsibility for Tibet. Elie Wiesel responsibility war people For me democracy is the only way of life. The opposite is dictatorship or anarchy. Elie Wiesel democracy opposites way You cannot write in more than one language. Words don't come out as well. Elie Wiesel language-words language writing I come from a tradition - from the Jewish tradition, which believes in words, in language, in communication. Elie Wiesel jewish-tradition communication believe
