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
ideas bird survivor
Just as there are predatory birds, so there are predatory ideas: I came under their spell. . . .Just as the survivors say that no one will ever understand the victims, what I must tell you is that you will never understand the executioners.
religious evil people
But the forces of evil have not abdicated. The malevolent ghosts of hatred are resurgent with a fury and a boldness that are as astounding as they are nauseating: ethnic conflicts, religious riots, anti-Semitic incidents here, there, and everywhere. What is wrong with these morally degenerate people that they abuse their freedom, so recently won?
games innocent cruelty
Not all games are innocent. Some come dangerously close to cruelty.
certain dangerous asks
The more you ask certain questions, the more dangerous they become.
veils events moments
Certain things, certain events, seem inexplicable only for a time: up to the moment when the veil is torn aside.
men meaning-of-life life-is
Life belongs to man, but the meaning of life is beyond him.
lying
Which is better, truth that is a lie or the lie that is truth?
unique men differences
How can one explain the attraction terror holds for some minds — and why for intellectuals? . . .In a totalitarian and terrorist regime, man is no longer a unique being with infinite possibilities and limitless choices but a number, a puppet, with just this difference — numbers and puppets are not susceptible to fear.
baby want burning
Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.
men compassion anchors
Even in darkness it is possible to create light and encourage compassion. That it is possible to feel free inside a prison. That even in exile, friendship exists and can become an anchor. That one instant before dying, man is still immortal.
thank-you gratitude grateful
For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.
humanity today concerned
Humanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible.
war goal humanity
Why is war such an easy option? Why does peace remain such an elusive goal? We know statesmen skilled at waging war, but where are those dedicated enough to humanity to find a way to avoid war
peace men dust
What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.