Top 180 Elie Wiesel Quotes (2024 Update)
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Elie Wiesel Quote: “No commandment surpasses the one concerning the liberation of hostages, for they are among the starving, the thirsting, the stripped, always in danger of death.”

151. “No commandment surpasses the one concerning the liberation of hostages, for they are among the starving, the thirsting, the stripped, always in danger of death.”

— Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel Quote: “Remember also that it is not knowledge but the yearning for knowledge that makes for a complete, accomplished man. Such a man does not stand still but perseveres in the face of adversity, nor does he remain untouched by the pain cause by absence. On the contrary, he recognizes himself in each cry, uttered or repressed, in the smallest rift, in the most pressing need.”

152. “Remember also that it is not knowledge but the yearning for knowledge that makes for a complete, accomplished man. Such a man does not stand still but perseveres in the face of adversity, nor does he remain untouched by the pain cause by absence. On the contrary, he recognizes himself in each cry, uttered or repressed, in the smallest rift, in the most pressing need.”

— Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel Quote: “What is man? Ally of God or simply his toy? His triumph or his fall?”

153. “What is man? Ally of God or simply his toy? His triumph or his fall?”

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Elie Wiesel Quote: “Every murder is a suicide.”

154. “Every murder is a suicide.”

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Elie Wiesel Quote: “Man prefers to blame himself for all possible sins and crimes rather than come to the conclusion that God is capable of the most flagrant injustice. I still blush every time I think of the way God makes fun of human beings, his favorite toys.”

155. “Man prefers to blame himself for all possible sins and crimes rather than come to the conclusion that God is capable of the most flagrant injustice. I still blush every time I think of the way God makes fun of human beings, his favorite toys.”

— Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel Quote: “I don’t know whether or not we’ll meet again, Gregor. I could, with an effort, look into the future, but the time’s too short. I’d like you to know only this: separation contains as much of a mystery as meeting. In both cases a door opens: in meeting it opens on the future, in separation on the past. It’s the same door.”

156. “I don’t know whether or not we’ll meet again, Gregor. I could, with an effort, look into the future, but the time’s too short. I’d like you to know only this: separation contains as much of a mystery as meeting. In both cases a door opens: in meeting it opens on the future, in separation on the past. It’s the same door.”

— Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel Quote: “If your suffering splashes others, those around you, those for whom you represent a reason to live, then you must kill it, choke it.”

157. “If your suffering splashes others, those around you, those for whom you represent a reason to live, then you must kill it, choke it.”

— Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel Quote: “The more you ask certain questions, the more dangerous they become.”

158. “The more you ask certain questions, the more dangerous they become.”

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Elie Wiesel Quote: “Love is this and love is that; man is born to love; he is only alive when he is in the presence of a woman he loves or should love.”

159. “Love is this and love is that; man is born to love; he is only alive when he is in the presence of a woman he loves or should love.”

— Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel Quote: “Once we begin to regard the well-being of others as integral to our own, we overcome the paralysis of competing rights, which rationalizes innocent suffering.”

160. “Once we begin to regard the well-being of others as integral to our own, we overcome the paralysis of competing rights, which rationalizes innocent suffering.”

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Elie Wiesel Quote: “I was nothing but a body. Perhaps even less: a famished stomach. The stomach alone was measuring time.”

161. “I was nothing but a body. Perhaps even less: a famished stomach. The stomach alone was measuring time.”

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Elie Wiesel Quote: “But you get used to anything.”

162. “But you get used to anything.”

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Elie Wiesel Quote: “Do you know what that means? ‘Man of God.’ An odd name, isn’t it? It teaches us that what we call angels are only men. There are no real angels. And men? Oh, there are men, all right, unfortunately for the angels and for ourselves. And what is worse is that they are real.”

163. “Do you know what that means? ‘Man of God.’ An odd name, isn’t it? It teaches us that what we call angels are only men. There are no real angels. And men? Oh, there are men, all right, unfortunately for the angels and for ourselves. And what is worse is that they are real.”

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Elie Wiesel Quote: “I learned that man lives differently, depending on whether he is in a horizontal or vertical position.”

164. “I learned that man lives differently, depending on whether he is in a horizontal or vertical position.”

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Elie Wiesel Quote: “Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of words that have been spoken during the day takes on a new and deeper meaning. The tragedy of man is that he doesn’t know how to distinguish between day and night. He says things at night that should only be said by day.”

165. “Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of words that have been spoken during the day takes on a new and deeper meaning. The tragedy of man is that he doesn’t know how to distinguish between day and night. He says things at night that should only be said by day.”

— Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel Quote: “On the other hand, how many secular humanists and intellectuals renounced their value system the moment they grasped its futility and uselessness? Sobered, disoriented, and disillusioned, some allowed themselves to be seduced by the ideology of cruelty. The number was significant. The.”

166. “On the other hand, how many secular humanists and intellectuals renounced their value system the moment they grasped its futility and uselessness? Sobered, disoriented, and disillusioned, some allowed themselves to be seduced by the ideology of cruelty. The number was significant. The.”

— Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel Quote: “Love is worth as much as prayer. Sometimes more.”

167. “Love is worth as much as prayer. Sometimes more.”

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Elie Wiesel Quote: “Each man was his own executioner and his own victim.”

168. “Each man was his own executioner and his own victim.”

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Elie Wiesel Quote: “The ghetto was ruled by neither German nor Jew; it was ruled by delusion.”

169. “The ghetto was ruled by neither German nor Jew; it was ruled by delusion.”

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Elie Wiesel Quote: “To live is to betray the dead. We hasten to bury and forget them because we are ashamed; we feel guilty towards them.”

170. “To live is to betray the dead. We hasten to bury and forget them because we are ashamed; we feel guilty towards them.”

— Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel Quote: “Beggars inspired me with mingled feelings of love and fear. I knew that I ought to be kind to them, for they might not be what they seemed.”

171. “Beggars inspired me with mingled feelings of love and fear. I knew that I ought to be kind to them, for they might not be what they seemed.”

— Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel Quote: “The tragedy of man is that he doesn’t know how to distinguish between day and night. He says things at night that should only be said by day.” He.”

172. “The tragedy of man is that he doesn’t know how to distinguish between day and night. He says things at night that should only be said by day.” He.”

— Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel Quote: “The destiny of people cannot be reduced to a sociological or scientific formula; it contains mysterious, if not mystical factors.”

173. “The destiny of people cannot be reduced to a sociological or scientific formula; it contains mysterious, if not mystical factors.”

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Elie Wiesel Quote: “Dawn is purely a work of fiction, but I wrote it to look at myself in a new way. Obviously I did not live this tale, but I was implicated in its ethical dilemma from the moment that I assumed my character’s place.”

174. “Dawn is purely a work of fiction, but I wrote it to look at myself in a new way. Obviously I did not live this tale, but I was implicated in its ethical dilemma from the moment that I assumed my character’s place.”

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Elie Wiesel Quote: “How do I find God?′ you ask. I do not know how, but I do know where-in my fellow man.”

175. “How do I find God?′ you ask. I do not know how, but I do know where-in my fellow man.”

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Elie Wiesel Quote: “The individual is not a cog in a monstrous machine; it is within his power to modify the very laws which imprison him and the very relationship maintained by the Judge with the accused and witnesses. If it is true, as the Baal Shem says, that it is possible for man to hide the light of dawn emanating from the forest simply by shielding his eyes with his hands, still it is no less true that he can rediscover it by merely moving his hands.”

176. “The individual is not a cog in a monstrous machine; it is within his power to modify the very laws which imprison him and the very relationship maintained by the Judge with the accused and witnesses. If it is true, as the Baal Shem says, that it is possible for man to hide the light of dawn emanating from the forest simply by shielding his eyes with his hands, still it is no less true that he can rediscover it by merely moving his hands.”

— Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel Quote: “From Jeff Greenfield: “I once asked Elie Wiesel “Are you an optimist or a pessimist?” “An optimist,” he said. “I have to be.”

177. “From Jeff Greenfield: “I once asked Elie Wiesel “Are you an optimist or a pessimist?” “An optimist,” he said. “I have to be.”

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Elie Wiesel Quote: “The absolute quality of hate explains any human action even if it throws something inhuman around it.”

178. “The absolute quality of hate explains any human action even if it throws something inhuman around it.”

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Elie Wiesel Quote: “The revolver was black and nearly new. I was afraid to even touch it, for in it lay all the whole difference between what I was and what I was going to be.”

179. “The revolver was black and nearly new. I was afraid to even touch it, for in it lay all the whole difference between what I was and what I was going to be.”

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Elie Wiesel Quote: “Suddenly he stopped in front of me and asked for a cigarette. I had a package of Players in my pocket and wanted to give them to him. But he refused to take the whole package, saying quite calmly that obviously he didn’t have time to smoke them all.”

180. “Suddenly he stopped in front of me and asked for a cigarette. I had a package of Players in my pocket and wanted to give them to him. But he refused to take the whole package, saying quite calmly that obviously he didn’t have time to smoke them all.”

— Elie Wiesel

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