One always goes back to one's childhood in the beginning, and I come from a very religious family and surrounding. Very religious. Elie Wiesel backbeginchildhood Change image and share on social
Religion is not man's relationship to God, it is man's relationship to man. Elie Wiesel godmanrelationship Change image and share on social
Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair. Elie Wiesel despairdutyreject Change image and share on social
When did I learn the Bible? When I was four or five years old. It's still the pull of my childhood, a fascination with the vanished world, and I can find everything except that world. Elie Wiesel biblechildhoodfascination Change image and share on social
It's clear to me that one can't be Jewish without Israel. Religious or non-religious, Zionist or non-Zionist, Ashkenazi or Sephardic - all these will not exist without Israel. Elie Wiesel ashkenaziclearexist Change image and share on social
Some stories are true that never happened. Elie Wiesel happenstorytrue Change image and share on social
When my father was born, it was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. When I was born, it was Lithuania. When I left, it was Hungary. It is difficult to say where I come from. Elie Wiesel austrobeardifficult Change image and share on social
There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of two hundred pages which is the result of an original eight hundred pages. The six hundred are there. Only you don't see them. Elie Wiesel beginbookdifference share on social
A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent. Elie Wiesel annihilationdestructionman Change image and share on social