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Occup.Novelist
FromUSA
BornSeptember 30, 1928
Age94 years

Summary

Elie Wieselis a famous Novelist from USA, he/she is 94 years old and still alive, born September 30, 1928.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac libra, who is known for Balance, Justice, Truth, Beauty, Perfection. Our collection contains 30 quotes who is written / told by Elie, under the main topics: Death - Home.

30 Famous quotes by Elie Wiesel

Small: Elie Wiesel: I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. W
"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"
Small: Elie Wiesel: What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. Its close to philosophy, e
"What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically"
Small: Elie Wiesel: We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using
"We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something else"
Small: Elie Wiesel: There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time whe
"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest"
Small: Elie Wiesel: There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of
"There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of two hundred pages which is the result of an original eight hundred pages. The six hundred are there. Only you don't see them"
Small: Elie Wiesel: There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win
"There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win"
Small: Elie Wiesel: The opposite of love is not hate, its indifference
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference"
Small: Elie Wiesel: That is my major preoccupation, memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that
"That is my major preoccupation, memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify that kingdom and serve it"
Small: Elie Wiesel: Some stories are true that never happened
"Some stories are true that never happened"
Small: Elie Wiesel: Peace is our gift to each other
"Peace is our gift to each other"
Small: Elie Wiesel: Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent li
"Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life"
Small: Elie Wiesel: I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to rem
"I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory"
Small: Elie Wiesel: I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes Ive been closer to h
"I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason"
Small: Elie Wiesel: I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table
"I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table"
Small: Elie Wiesel: I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe someth
"I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again"
Small: Elie Wiesel: Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another
"Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another"
Small: Elie Wiesel: Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, frien
"Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing"
Small: Elie Wiesel: Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies
"Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies"
Small: Elie Wiesel: Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair
"Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair"
Small: Elie Wiesel: A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent
"A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent"
Small: Elie Wiesel: Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world
"Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world"
Small: Elie Wiesel: Not to transmit an experience is to betray it
"Not to transmit an experience is to betray it"
Small: Elie Wiesel: No human race is superior no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Onl
"No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them"
Small: Elie Wiesel: Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that t
"Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories"
Small: Elie Wiesel: Mankind must remember that peace is not Gods gift to his creatures peace is our gift to each othe
"Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other"
Small: Elie Wiesel: Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one
"Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins"
Small: Elie Wiesel: Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only
"Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings"
Small: Elie Wiesel: Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil
"Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil"
Small: Elie Wiesel: In Jewish history there are no coincidences
"In Jewish history there are no coincidences"
Small: Elie Wiesel: I write to understand as much as to be understood
"I write to understand as much as to be understood"