Elie Wiesel
Questions outlive the answers.Collection: Answers
The stars were only sparks of the fire which devoured us. Should that fire die out one day, there would be nothing left in the sky but dead stars, dead eyes.Collection: Stars
Of course, afterward, I studied [commentary on the Bible by a Rabbi Moshe Dessauer] more closely. But, in truth, it doesn't touch me. It doesn't change my attitude toward the text.Collection: Attitude
What is being lost is the magic of the word. I am not an image person. Imagery belongs to another civilization: the caveman. Caveman couldn't express himself so he put images on walls.Collection: Wall
I don't speak about my pain. My pain is something that doesn't need to be purged. I want to prevent people from suffering. I don't speak about my suffering. Suffering is something personal and discreet. Also, I know it will never leave me. I don't want it to leave me. It would be a betrayal.Collection: Pain
Writing is like a sculpture where you remove, you eliminate, in order to make the work visible. Even those pages you remove somehow remainCollection: Writing
Terrorism must be outlawed by all civilized nations not explained or rationalized, but fought and eradicated. Nothing can, nothing will justify the murder of innocent people and helpless children.Collection: Children
The knowledge that I have acquired must not remain imprisoned in my brain. I owe it to many men and women to do something with it. I feel the need to pay back what was given to me. Call it gratitude.Collection: Gratitude
How can a human being be illegal?Collection: Illegal
I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason.Collection: Anger
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.Collection: Exercise
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.Collection: Responsibility
Every single human being is a unique human being. And, therefore, it’s so criminal to do something to that human being, because he or she represents humanity.Collection: Humanity