Be careful with words, they’re dangerous. Be wary of them. They begat either demons or angels. It’s up to you to give life to one or the other. Be careful, I tell you, nothing is as dangerous as giving free rein to words
ELIE WIESELBe careful with words, they’re dangerous. Be wary of them. They begat either demons or angels. It’s up to you to give life to one or the other. Be careful, I tell you, nothing is as dangerous as giving free rein to words
ELIE WIESELEmphasis must be put on learning: there is no substitute to education. It can be briefly formulated in a few words: always, whatever you do in life, think higher and feel deeper.
ELIE WIESELNever shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
ELIE WIESELToday, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
ELIE WIESELBetter that one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all.
ELIE WIESELWe are all teachers, or should be. Anyone who relays experience to another person is a teacher. Not to transmit your experience is to betray it.
ELIE WIESELI 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.
ELIE WIESELHuman suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
ELIE WIESELThere may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
ELIE WIESELWe believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.
ELIE WIESELI have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason.
ELIE WIESELThere is much to be done, there is much that can be done… one person of integrity can make a difference.
ELIE WIESELThe philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
ELIE WIESELThe most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
ELIE WIESELWhat hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
ELIE WIESELJust as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.
ELIE WIESEL