Quotes of Elie Wiesel - somelinesforyou

“ Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. ”

- Elie Wiesel

“ No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night. ”

- Elie Wiesel

“ Peace is our gift to each other. ”

- Elie Wiesel

“ Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere. ”

- Elie Wiesel

“ The opposite of peace is indifference to both peace and war—indifference to hunger and persecution, to imprisonment and humiliation, indifference to torture and persecution. ”

- Elie Wiesel

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

- Elie Wiesel

“ Think higher, feel deeper. ”

- Elie Wiesel

“ We must see in every person a universe with its own secrets, with its own treasures, with its own sources of anguish, and with some measure of triumph. ”

- Elie Wiesel

“ One person of integrity can make a difference. ”

- Elie Wiesel

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

- Elie Wiesel

“ If the only prayer you say throughout your life is “Thank You,” then that will be enough. ”

- Elie Wiesel

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

- Elie Wiesel

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

- Elie Wiesel

“ Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies. ”

- Elie Wiesel

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

- Elie Wiesel

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

- Elie Wiesel

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

- Elie Wiesel

“ I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in ‘Night.’ I questioned God’s silence. So I questioned. I don’t have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it. ”

- Elie Wiesel

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

- Elie Wiesel

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

- Elie Wiesel

“ Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. ”

- Elie Wiesel

“ The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference. ”

- Elie Wiesel

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

- Elie Wiesel

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

- Elie Wiesel

“ The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference. ”

- Elie Wiesel

“ If the only prayer you say throughout your life is "Thank You," then that will be enough. ”

- Elie Wiesel

“ Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must — at that moment — become the center of the universe. ”

- Elie Wiesel

“ The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference. ”

- Elie Wiesel

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

- Elie Wiesel

“ For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time. ”

- Elie Wiesel
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