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Elie Wiesel Quotes - Page 11

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The opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

The opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

Opposites, I Hate My Life, Apathy

US News & World Report, en.wikiquote.org. October 27, 1986.

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.

Eye, People, Promise

Elie Wiesel (2012). “Night”, p.104, Macmillan

The Jewish tradition of learning-is learning. Adam chose knowledge instead of immortality.

Learning, Jewish Tradition, Immortality

Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.31, Schocken

I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life.

Self, Trying, Self Conscious

I have absolutely no problem with the young Germans. I even feel sorry for the young Germans because to be maybe sons or daughters of killers is different than them to be sons and daughters of the victims. And I felt sorry for them. I still do.

Daughter, Sorry, Son

Source: www.npr.org

If there is a single theme that dominates all my writings, all my obsessions, it is that of memory-because I fear forgetfulness as much as hatred and death.

Memories, Writing, Hatred

Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.8, Schocken

Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words

Music, Giving, Doe

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.

Children, Memories, War

Elie Wiesel (2012). “Night”, p.5, Macmillan

The term is piqua nevish [?] it means to save a soul, to save a life. And that commandment supersedes all others. It means literally you may violate almost everything except, I think, three commandments of the heart, 613, - you may do anything, violate any commandment and the injunction simply to save a human life. And there are enough lives to be saved in - in Tibet.

Heart, Mean, Thinking

Source: www.savetibet.org

I don't believe in collective guilt. The children of killers are not killers, but children.

Children, Believe, Guilt

Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. November 2000.

Why is war such an easy option? Why does peace remain such an elusive goal? We know statesmen skilled at waging war, but where are those dedicated enough to humanity to find a way to avoid war

War, Goal, Humanity

Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.166, Schocken

I want to go back to the child I used to be, and to read with the same naiveté [the Pentateuch]. I want to leave science aside and go back to the pure perception offered to me in the text that is waiting there for me year after year.

Children, Years, Waiting

Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org

We still are looking for someone who knows the secret of immortality. Only God is immortal; we are not.

Secret, Immortality, Stills

"Heart to Heart with Elie Wiesel". Interview with Nadine Epstein, www.momentmag.com. June 20, 2013.

I spent most of my time talking to God more than to people.

God, Talking, People

"Messenger to Mankind". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 29, 1996.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.

Love, Hate, Anime

Quoted in U.S. News and World Report, 27 Oct. 1986

What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically.

Philosophy, Knowledge, Mean

Elie Wiesel, Robert Franciosi (2002). “Elie Wiesel: Conversations”, p.87, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.

Children, Blue, Sky

Elie Wiesel, Robert Franciosi (2002). “Elie Wiesel: Conversations”, p.41, Univ. Press of Mississippi

If enough people are sensitive to the tragedy of Tibet, I think it will produce a change politically as well. But furthermore, it's important for the people in Tibet. Now communication is such [that] people know what is happening. Even Tibetan people would know that the Interfaith or the international group of religious people - that everybody who is religious is taking up their cause. It would help them a lot if we give them courage, and that in itself is enough.

Religious, Communication, Thinking

Source: www.savetibet.org

I am not so naïve as to believe that this slim volume will change the course of history or shake the conscience of the world. Books no longer have the power they once did. Those who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow.

Believe, Book, Yesterday

Elie Wiesel (2012). “Night”, p.11, Macmillan

Writers write because they cannot allow the characters that inhabit them to suffocate them. These characters want to get out, to breathe fresh air and partake of the wine of friendship; were they to remain locked in, they would forcibly break down the walls. It is they who force the writer to tell their stories.

Wall, Character, Writing

Tibet's a tragedy. It's an insult to human decency.

Tragedy, Insult, Humans

Source: www.savetibet.org

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.

Memories, Fighting, Alive

Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.170, Schocken

Not all games are innocent. Some come dangerously close to cruelty.

Games, Innocent, Cruelty

Elie Wiesel (2007). “The Judges: A Novel”, p.44, Schocken

I shall never forget Juliek. How could I forget this concert given before an audience of the dead and dying? Even today, when I hear that particular piece by Beethoven, my eyes close and out of the darkness emerges the pale and melancholy face of my Polish comrade bidding farewell to an audience of dying men.

Farewell, Eye, Men

Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel (2012). “Night”, p.134, Penguin UK

[Tibet] never sought any territory. All it wanted is the conquest of the soul, that people should attain a kind of inner sovereignty, inner independence, inner freedom. And inner strength to attain the absolute.

People, Soul, Independence

Source: www.savetibet.org

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