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Elie Wiesel Quotes - Page 9

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If anyone had told us in 1945 that there are certain battles we'll have to fight again we wouldn't have believed it. Racism, anti-Semitism, starvation of children and, who would have believed that? At least I was

If anyone had told us in 1945 that there are certain battles we'll have to fight again we wouldn't have believed it. Racism, anti-Semitism, starvation of children and, who would have believed that? At least I was convinced then, naively, that at least something happened in history that, because of myself, certain things cannot happen again.

Children, Fighting, Racism

Source: www.nobelprize.org

For in the end, it is all about memory, its sources and its magnitude, and, of course, its consequences.

Memories, Ends, Source

Elie Wiesel (2012). “Night”, p.14, Macmillan

Man asks and God replies but we don't understand his replies because they dwell in the depths of our souls and remain there until we die.

Men, Soul, Depth

Elie Wiesel (2012). “Night”, p.23, Macmillan

I may be a descendant of Seth. I say to myself, What does [the story of Cain and Abel] teach me? So I go back to all the interpretations in the Talmud, which to me are a source of pleasure and joy. Then I say, maybe this story is not for then; maybe it's for now! It's possible for brothers to kill one another in civil wars. But most important, whoever kills, kills his brother. That's a moral conclusion that may not be there; but that must be my conclusion. Otherwise, why read it? Whoever kills, kills his brother.

Brother, War, Joy

Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org

Holy War is a contradiction of terms.

War, School, Contradiction

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.

Thinking, Worst, Shows

Interview with Professor Georg Klein, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 2004.

There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

Inspirational, Life, Success

"The Little Book of Romanian Wisdom". Book edited by Diana Doroftei and Matthew Cross, 2011.

Love makes everything complicated.

Complicated

If there is one person on the planet who still is suffering from loneliness and from pain or despair, and we don't know about it, or we don't want to know about it, then something is wrong with the world.

Pain, Loneliness, Suffering

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Now, when I hear that Christians are getting together in order to defend the people of Israel, of course it brings joy to my heart. And it simply says, look, people have learned from history.

Christian, Heart, Israel

Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.

Life, Power, Evil

US News & World Report, October 27, 1986.

The primary task of a Jew in turbulent times is to be Jewish.

Tasks, Turbulent Times, Jew

Which is worse? Killing with hate or killing without hate?

Hate, Killing

For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share.

Believe, Tradition, Share

I think that human beings are capable of the worst things possible.

Thinking, Worst, Humans

Source: www.nobelprize.org

Fanaticism in many lands has surfaced as the greatest threat to the world. Indifference to its consequences would be a serious mistake.

Mistake, Land, Serious

"The Elevator Interview – Elie Wiesel (Exclusive)". The Algemeiner Interview, www.algemeiner.com. September 23, 2011.

The more you ask certain questions, the more dangerous they become.

Certain, Dangerous, Asks

Elie Wiesel (2007). “The Judges: A Novel”, p.81, Schocken

Often I say to myself "Really, what are we doing on this planet?" We are passing the message as well as we can, communicating our fears, our hopes ... Day in day out, week after week and year after year, people kill each other.

Years, People, Messages

Source: www.nobelprize.org

Not to transmit an experience is to betray it.

Betrayal, Betrayed, Betray

Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.10, Schocken

No human being is illegal.

Illegal, Humans, Human Beings

Man, by definition, is born a stranger: coming from nowhere, he is thrust into an alien world which existed before him-a world which didn't need him. And which will survive him.

Men, Needs, World

Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.39, Schocken

My God was never happiness, but to understand and be understood.

Understood

Source: alainelkanninterviews.com

For me, every hour is grace.

Grace, Hours

The Oprah Magazine Interview, November 2000.

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?

Memories, Philosophy, Evil

Source: www.nobelprize.org

Listen to me, kid. Don't forget that you are in a concentration camp. In this place, it is every many for himself, and you cannot think of others. Not even you father. In this place, there is no such thing as father, brother, friend. Each of us lives and dies alone. Let me give you good advice: stop giving your ration of bread and soup to your old father. You cannot help him anymore. And you are hurting yourself. In fact, you should be getting his rations.

Brother, Hurt, Father

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