624 Quotes by Elie Wiesel

Take sides. Neutrality always serves the oppressor and never the oppressed.

Language failed me very often, but then, the substitute for me was silence, but not violence.

I thought that culture and education are the shield. An educated person cannot do certain things and, and be educated, you cannot, and there they were, killing children day after day.

This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story - and perhaps into a prayer.

If there is a crisis in the world, the U.N. should send a task force immediately, within 24 hours,

It's clear to me that one can't be Jewish without Israel. Religious or non-religious, Zionist or non-Zionist, Ashkenazi or Sephardic - all these will not exist without Israel.

Every moment contains a spark of eternity.

Every single human being is a unique human being. And, therefore, it's so criminal to do something to that human being, because he or she represents humanity.

Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.