Elie Wiesel

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. ”

I do not belong to this world. I continue to write everything in longhand. If I have to see something on the Internet, I ask my secretary or students. I am lucky, because I have people who do it for me. ”

I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance. ”

Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins. ”

It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed. ”

Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future. ”

I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory. ”

Religion is a very personal thing for me. Religion has its good moments and its poor moments. ”