Elie Wiesel Quotes

Biography: Elie Wiesel is renowned for his powerful memoir "Night," depicting his... more Biography: Elie Wiesel is renowned for his powerful memoir "Night," depicting his harrowing experiences during the Holocaust. Born in Romania in 1928, Wiesel survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Post-war, he became a vocal advocate for human rights, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 for his efforts to combat indifference and injustice. less

"We must not see any person as an abstraction. Instead, we must see in every person a universe with its own secrets, with its own treasures, with its own sources of anguish, and with some measure of triumph.""Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.""With one more person, there will be one more prayer; and with one more prayer, there will be more justice; and with more justice, there will be more peace.""There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.""No human being is illegal.""Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.""The persecuted, the prosecuted, the pauper, they owe their lives to their brothers.""What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge.""Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write.""When you listen to a witness, you become a witness.""For anything to change, someone has to start acting differently.""One person of integrity can make a difference""Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope too can be given to one only by other human beings""For the dead and the living, we must bear witness""In the end, it is impossible not to become what others believe you are""Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies""Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.""Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.""Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.""What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander."

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