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
children blue sky
Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.
stories importance wanted
I wanted to come back to Sighet to tell you the story of my death. So that you could prepare yourselves while there was still time. To live? I don't attach any importance to my life any more. I'm alone. No, I wanted to come back, and to warn you. And see how it is, no one will listen to me.
suffering mountain may
You're at the bottom of the mountain. May you climb up without suffering.
brother fate suffering
We are all brothers and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive. (pg. 39)
self solitude despair
Look, if I were alone in the world, I would have the right to choose despair, solitude and self-fulfillment. But I am not alone.
dream night holocaust
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
men sacred sparks
We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.
answers found wells
Since God is, He is to be found in the questions as well as the answers.
thought-provoking may matter
One can do without solutions. Only the questions matter. We may share them or turn away from them.
dark rose humanity
In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human.
night men numbers
We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything--death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth.
thought-provoking killers problem
If the victims are my problem, the killers are yours.
powerful love-and-friendship world
For the good of all, I say: Be careful, the brutality of the world must not be more powerful or attractive than love and friendship.
eye men thought-provoking
I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes were open and I was alone - terribly alone in a world without God and without (hu)man(ity).