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
Elie Wiesel quotes about
opposites i-hate-my-life apathy
The opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.
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.
thinking higher deeper
Think higher, feel deeper.
children world changing-the-world
Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
surprise auschwitz
I was 15, not 14, when I was inside there [Auschwitz], 15, and for me both were actually a surprise.
world remember
I shall always remember that smile. From what world did it come from?
deeds-and-words silence grace
Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.
illegal humans human-beings
No human being is illegal.
peace remember mankind
Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.
thinking vocabulary people
I was involved in trying to save the Rwandan people and Sudan now. It's a mass murder. Mass murder is a terrifying word. We don't have to go further than that. Cambodia came close to, but what was it, Cambodians killing Cambodians after all. So therefore I think we should be very careful with vocabulary.
book destiny people
I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.
madness said certainty
[Friedrich] Nietzsche said something marvellous, he said "Madness is not a consequence of uncertainty but of certainty", and this is fanaticism.
men suffering concern
Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
peace giving humanity
Peace is our gift to each other.