Top 82 Quotes by Elie Wiesel

After all, God is God because he remembers.

I would like to see real peace and a state of Israel living peacefully alongside a state of Palestine.

Someone who hates one group will end up hating everyone - and, ultimately, hating himself or herself.

I believe in superstitions. You don't talk about a child who hasn't been born.

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.

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

What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically.

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

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

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