Quotes from Elie Wiesel
Moses was the greatest legislator and the commander in chief of perhaps the first liberation army.
- Elie Wiesel
In my tradition, one must wait until one has learned a lot of Bible and Talmud and the Prophets to handle mysticism. This isn't instant coffee. There is no instant mysticism.
- Elie Wiesel
It is by his freedom that a man knows himself, by his sovereignty over his own life that a man measures himself.
- Elie Wiesel
Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.
- Elie Wiesel
Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures peace is our gift to each other.
- Elie Wiesel
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
- Elie Wiesel
The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.
- Elie Wiesel
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
- Elie Wiesel
A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
- Elie Wiesel
I believe in God--in spite of God! I believe in Mankind--in spite of Mankind! I believe in the Future--in spite of the Past!
- Elie Wiesel
I was there when God was put on trial....At the end of the trial, they used the word chayav, rather than 'guilty'. It means 'He owes us something'. Then we went to pray.
- Elie Wiesel
I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him the right questions.
- Elie Wiesel