Elie Wiesel Quotes

American - Novelist September 30, 1928 - July 2, 2016

Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.

Hope Only Human Despair Beings Come Given Human Beings Just Other Too

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Time May Never Injustice Fail Must Powerless Prevent Protest Times

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

Love Hate Love Is Opposite Indifference

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.

Life Love Friendship Never Anything Deeply Even Marks Obsession Risks Sharing More Than

Some stories are true that never happened.

Imagination Never True Some Happened Stories

Not to transmit an experience is to betray it.

Experience Betray Transmit

I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table.

Home Book Without Recall Jewish Table

In Jewish history there are no coincidences.

History Jewish Coincidences

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We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something else.

Go Doing Despair Something Beyond Else Somebody Something Else Using Working

I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.

God Faith Anger Sometimes Closer Him Lost Moments Protest Reason Been

Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.

Me Evil Indifference Epitome

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

Moving On Remember Duty Despair Reject I Remember Because

A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent.

Man Only Prevent Destruction Annihilation Provoke

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.

God Peace Gift Remember Creatures Each Mankind His Must Other Our

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

You Soul Lose Win Even Sometimes Spirit Victories

Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.

Death Indifference Because Before Actually Dies

We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Silence Never Oppressor Must Encourages Helps Neutrality Sides Take Tormented Victim

Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.

Hope God Peace Gift Another Give Like Only

I write to understand as much as to be understood.

Understand Understood Write I Write Much

Peace is our gift to each other.

Peace Gift Our Other Each

Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.

Grace Words Quality Sometimes Attain Deeds Moments

Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.

Life You World Must Protect Bring Changing Changing The World Once

Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.

Life Doing Overcome Meaning Give Indifferent Obligation Passive Our

Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins.

Death God Man Long Before Immortal Later Lives Minute One Minute Shall Wins He His

That is my major preoccupation, memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify that kingdom and serve it.

Memory Want Kingdom Protect Enrich Glorify Major Preoccupation Serve

I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory.

Best People Memory Resilience Characteristic Desire Jewish Jewish People Marvel Obsession Remember Other

In the concentration camps, we discovered this whole universe where everyone had his place. The killer came to kill, and the victims came to die.

Universe Die Place Everyone Came Camps Concentration Discovered Killer Victims Where Whole Had His

When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.

Thankful Gratitude Humanity Person Her Missing His Something

For me, every hour is grace.

Me Grace Every Hour

I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be truthful.

You Will Must Say Honest Memoir Truthful

I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it.

You Believe Serious Must Endeavor Equipped Mysticism Tell I Believe Very

Moses was the greatest legislator and the commander in chief of perhaps the first liberation army.

Army First Greatest Liberation Chief Commander Legislator Moses Perhaps

In my tradition, one must wait until one has learned a lot of Bible and Talmud and the Prophets to handle mysticism. This isn't instant coffee. There is no instant mysticism.

Bible Coffee Wait Tradition Handle Instant Learned Lot Mysticism Prophets Talmud Until Must

Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.

Alone God Problems Enough Accountable Beings Held Human Human Beings Leave Should He

When I was young I lost everything.

Lost Everything Young

Look, if I were alone in the world, I would have the right to choose despair, solitude and self-fulfillment. But I am not alone.

Alone World I Am Look Am Choose Despair Right Solitude Were Would

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

Life My Life Trying Self-Conscious

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

Believe Tradition Must Whatever Jew Receive Share I Believe I Believe That

After all, God is God because he remembers.

God He Because After Remembers

Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.

Future Society Culture Memory Civilization No Future Without Would Would-Be

I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance.

Life Memory My Life Ideal Given Principle Remembrance

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