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
teacher children giving
I'd almost say hope isn't what it used to be. It's very difficult today to be a teacher. I speak to children. And tell them, look, no matter what, you must have hope. You must. When I invoke Camus, who said when there is no hope, you must invent hope. . .hope is something that is not what God gives us. It's like peace. It's a gift that one can give to one another. Only another person can push me to despair. And only another person can push me to hope. Its my choice.
teaching want awareness
If you ask me what I want to achieve, it's to create an awareness, which is already the beginning of teaching.
war names people
From time immemorial, people have talked about peace without achieving it. Do we simply lack enough experience? Though we talk peace, we wage war. Sometimes we even wage war in the name of peace. . . . War may be too much a part of history to be eliminated—ever.
children violence adults
We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children
mean offering grace
Every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering; not to share them would mean to betray them.
past my-past impossibility
Oh, it is not death that frightens me, but the impossibility of imparting some meaning to my past.
fall men toys
What is man? Ally of God or simply his toy? His triumph or his fall?
memories men ifs
What would the future of man be if it were devoid of memory?
soup
Warmed-over loves and soups are generally not recommended.
christian impact holocaust
The impact of the holocaust on believers as well as unbelievers, on Jews as well as Christians, has not yet been evaluated. Not deeply, not enough.
shoes holocaust sacred
The Holocaust is a sacred subject. One should take off one's shoes when entering its domain, one should tremble each time one pronounces the word.
may incidents happened
I describe incidents which may or may not have happened but which are true.
dream men moon
Man walks the moon but his soul remains riveted to earth. Once upon a time it was the opposite.
ghetto home night
Yet another last night. The last night at home, the last night in the ghetto, the last night in the train, and, now, the last night in Buna. How much longer were our lives to be dragged out from one 'last night' to another?