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
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
humanity tolerate
Humanity would never tolerate it
dark rose humanity
In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human.
differences worst-enemy humanity
In spite of despair, hope must exist. In spite of suffering, humanity must prevail. And in spite of all the differences in the world, the worst enemy, the worst peril, is indifference.
gratitude humanity cherish
Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.
peace giving humanity
Peace is our gift to each other.
believe people humanity
I told him that I did not believe that they could burn people in our age, that humanity would never tolerate it . . .
unique humanity criminals
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.
broken heart hearts means thousand
Better than one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all.
fights israel
At this moment, Israel fights for her existence,
continue learn matter people shall
We are still here. And no matter what, we shall continue to be here to tell people so they can learn from our history.
corpse depths eyes left
From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me.
favor free help involved people
I am so in favor of being involved in other people's causes, other people's fights. If a people is oppressed, we must help those people free themselves.