Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel
Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBEwas a Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor. He was the author of 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth30 September 1928
CountryUnited States of America
death winning men
Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins.
behaviour certain humans
Whatever we thought was certain is no longer certain, and therefore in science probably certain things must be correct, but in human behaviour I am not so sure.
believe tradition share
For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share.
inspirational motivational responsibility
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.
men suffering concern
Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
peace remember mankind
Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.
bystanders holocaust remembrance
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
illusion vain dangerous
In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous.
education mean divine-beauty
There is divine beauty in learning... To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps.
memories civilization would-be
Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.
people stories
People become the stories they hear and the stories they tell.
thinking worst humans
I think that human beings are capable of the worst things possible.
children war adults
When adults wage war, children perish.
pain compassion people
A Jew must be sensitive to the pain of all human beings. A Jew cannot remain indifferent to human suffering... The mission of the Jewish people has never been to make the world more Jewish, but to make it more human.