624 Quotes by Elie Wiesel

I am not so naïve as to believe that this slim volume will change the course of history or shake the conscience of the world. Books no longer have the power they once did. Those who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow.

After my father's death, nothing could touch me any more.

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.

You're at the bottom of the mountain. May you climb up without suffering.

Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

I come from a very religious background.And actually I remained in it. All my anger I describe in my quarrels with God in Auschwitz, but you know I used to pray every day.

My faceless neighbor spoke up: “Don’t be deluded. Hitler has made it clear that he will annihilate all Jews before the clock strikes twelve.” I exploded: “What do you care what he said? Would you want us to consider him a prophet? 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.

Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.

What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.