Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world. - Elie Wiesel 1 Share Now -
Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair. - Elie Wiesel 2 Share Now -
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. - Elie Wiesel 3 Share Now -
Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories. - Elie Wiesel 4 Share Now -
It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed. - Elie Wiesel 5 Share Now -
I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again. - Elie Wiesel 6 Share Now -
Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another. - Elie Wiesel 7 Share Now -
Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems. - Elie Wiesel 8 Share Now -
Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other. - Elie Wiesel 9 Share Now -
I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it. - Elie Wiesel 10 Share Now -