624 Quotes by Elie Wiesel

Insensitivity brings indifference and nothing is worse than indifference. Indifference makes that person dead before the person dies.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

First we must understand that there can be no life without risk - and when our center is strong, everything else is secondary, even the risks. Thus we best prepare by building our inner strength by sound philosophy, by reaching out to others, by asking ourselves what matters most.