Top 82 Quotes by Elie Wiesel

About Elie Wiesel

These are some quotes by American author Elie Wiesel Novelist, who was born on September 30, 1928.

A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent.

A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent.

Elie Wiesel

Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.

Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.

Elie Wiesel

In the concentration camps, we discovered this whole universe where everyone had his place. The killer came to kill, and the victims came to die.

In the concentration camps, we discovered this whole universe where everyone had his place. The killer came to kill, and the victims came to die.

Elie Wiesel

Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.

Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.

Elie Wiesel

I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance.

I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance.

Elie Wiesel

I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it.

I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it.

Elie Wiesel

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.

Elie Wiesel

Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.

Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.

Elie Wiesel

It used to be said that when the Baal Shem Tov came into a town, his impact was so strong, he didn't have to speak. His disciples had to dance or to sing or to preach to have the same effect. I think a real messenger, myself or anyone, by the very fact that he is there as a person, as a symbol, could have the same impact.

Elie Wiesel

I 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.

I 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 Wiesel

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