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Elie Wiesel

I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness and not be influenced by it. That is why the children of survivors are so tragic. I see them in school. They dont know how – Elie Wiesel

Nobody is stronger, nobody is weaker than someone who came back. There is nothing you can do to such a person because whatever you could do is less than what has already been done to him. We have already paid the price. – Elie Wiesel

Mankind must remember that peace is not Gods gift to his creatures peace is our gift to each other. – Elie Wiesel

The opposite of love is not hate, its indifference. – Elie Wiesel

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

I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in Night. I questioned Gods silence. So I questioned. I dont have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it. – Elie Wiesel

I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes Ive been closer to him for that reason. – Elie Wiesel

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

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. – Elie Wiesel

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

Peace is our gift to each other. – Elie Wiesel

Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings. – Elie Wiesel

I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table. – Elie Wiesel

Now, when I hear that Christians are getting together in order to defend the people of Israel, of course it brings joy to my heart. And it simply says, look, people have learned from history. – Elie Wiesel

In Jewish history there are no coincidences. – Elie Wiesel

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

After all, God is God because he remembers. – Elie Wiesel

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

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing. – Elie Wiesel

No human race is superior no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. – Elie Wiesel