Elie Wiesel Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Elie Wiesel quotes, Elie Wiesel sayings, and Elie Wiesel proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing Elie Wiesel
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. Elie Wiesel
Only one enemy is worse than despair: indifference. In every area of human creativity, indifference is the enemy; indifference of evil is worse than evil, because it is also sterile. Elie Wiesel
No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them Elie Wiesel
Nobody is stronger, nobody is weaker than someone who came back. There is nothing you can do to such a person because whatever you could do is less than what has already been done to him. We have already paid the price. Elie Wiesel
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. Elie Wiesel
Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere. Elie Wiesel
Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life. Elie Wiesel
Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must at that moment become the center of the universe. Elie Wiesel
Waking among the dead, one wondered if one was still alive. And yet real despair only seized us later. Afterwards. As we emerged from the nightmare and began to search for meaning. Elie Wiesel
Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing. Elie Wiesel
Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing. Elie Wiesel
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. Elie Wiesel
The only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. Elie Wiesel
The deeper the nostalgia and the more complete the fear, the purer, the richer the word and the secret. Elie Wiesel
I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table. Elie Wiesel
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. Elie Wiesel
In Jewish history there are no coincidences. Elie Wiesel
No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. Elie Wiesel
Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing. Elie Wiesel
Terrorism must be outlawed by all civilized nations, not explained or rationalized, but fought and eradicated. Nothing can, nothing will justify the murder of innocent people and helpless children. Elie Wiesel
Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair. Elie Wiesel
A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent. Elie Wiesel
There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win. Elie Wiesel
Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world. Elie Wiesel
No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. Elie Wiesel
What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander. Elie Wiesel
Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other. Elie Wiesel
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. Elie Wiesel
Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life. Elie Wiesel