Elie Wiesel Quotes

533 quotes · Writer, Holocaust Survivor

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Elie Wiesel Quotes

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Elie Wiesel

Writer, Holocaust Survivor

Philosophical

“Man asks and God replies but we don't understand his replies because they dwell in the depths of our souls and remain there until we die.”

Men Soul Depth

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Elie Wiesel

Writer, Holocaust Survivor

Thoughtful

“There are so many who know more than I do, who understand the world better than I do. I would be truly learned, a great scholar, if only I could retain everything I've learned from those I have known. But then would I still be me? And isn't all that only words? Words grow old, too; they change their meaning and their usage. They get sick just as we do; they die of their wounds and then they are relegated to the dust of dictionaries. And where am I in all this?”

Would Be Sick Dust

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Sad

“One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. One less reason to live.”

Heart Hate Reason

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Optimistic

“The primary task of a Jew in turbulent times is to be Jewish.”

Tasks Jew

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Spiritual

“The more you ask certain questions, the more dangerous they become.”

Certain Dangerous

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Sad

“A Jew who converted, who simulated, was, at least in some periods, safe. Hitler in the beginning did not want to kill all the Jews but he wanted us to have a Germany free of Jews. If America had allowed Jews to come in, the British had accepted Jews from Palestine, they were safe.”

America Safe Germany

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Calm

“The sky is so close to the sea that it is difficult to tell which is reflected in the other, which one needs the other, which one is dominating the other.”

Needs Sea Sky

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Angry

“His cold eyes stared at me. At last, he said wearily: "I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.”

People Eye Promise

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Angry

“But the forces of evil have not abdicated. The malevolent ghosts of hatred are resurgent with a fury and a boldness that are as astounding as they are nauseating: ethnic conflicts, religious riots, anti-Semitic incidents here, there, and everywhere. What is wrong with these morally degenerate people that they abuse their freedom, so recently won?”

People Religious Evil

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Hopeful

“It is up to us to determine whether the years ahead will be for humankind a curse or a blessing. We always must remember that it is given to men and women to choose life and living, not death and destruction.”

Men Years Blessing

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Philosophical

“The Biblical text does not have punctuation marks like periods and question marks. Where we end sentences is a matter of interpretation.”

Doe Biblical Punctuation Marks

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Angry

“It has become increasingly clear that Hungarian authorities are encouraging the whitewashing of tragic and criminal episodes in Hungary's past, namely the wartime Hungarian governments' involvement in the deportation and murder of hundreds of thousands of its Jewish citizens. I found it outrageous that the Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly could participate in a ceremony honoring a Hungarian fascist ideologue”

Government Past Criminals

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