Think higher, feel deeper.
ELIE WIESELThink higher, feel deeper.
ELIE WIESELYou’re shaking … so am I. It’s because of Jerusalem, isn’t it? One doesn’t go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. That’s one of its mysteries.
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 WIESELA religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
ELIE WIESELMy faith is a wounded faith, but my life is not without faith. I didn’t divorce God, but I’m quarrelling and arguing and questioning, it’s a wounded faith.
ELIE WIESELThe opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.
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 WIESELOur obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.
ELIE WIESELThe most important question a human being has to face. What is it? The question, Why are we here?
ELIE WIESELI swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
ELIE WIESELNo human being is illegal. That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?
ELIE WIESELWhoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
ELIE WIESELI don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
ELIE WIESELMankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.
ELIE WIESELWhat hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
ELIE WIESELEvery moment contains a spark of eternity.
ELIE WIESEL