Elie Wiesel

Quotes

• “A disciple came to the celebrated Master of the Good Name with a question. “Rabbi, how are we to distinguish between a t...”
• “The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposit...”
• “Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must — at that mom...”
• “That I survived the Holocaust and went on to love beautiful girls, to talk, to write, to have toast and tea and live my ...”
• “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything...”
• “Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.”
• “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
• “Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.”
• “Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.”
• “If the only prayer you say throughout your life is "Thank You,"then that will be enough.”
• “Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write.”
• “The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.”
• “I write to understand as much as to be understood.”