Elie Wiesel

For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile. ”

When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude. ”

Look, if I were alone in the world, I would have the right to choose despair, solitude and self-fulfillment. But I am not alone. ”

Now, when I hear that Christians are getting together in order to defend the people of Israel, of course it brings joy to my heart. And it simply says, look, people have learned from history. ”

When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. ”

What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically. ”

We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. ”

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing. ”

Some stories are true that never happened. ”

That is my major preoccupation, memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify that kingdom and serve it. ”