Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE (born September 30, 1928)
I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again. Use this quote
Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies. Use this quote
No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions. Use this quote
Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins. Use this quote
No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. Use this quote
Not to transmit an experience is to betray it. Use this quote
I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it. Use this quote
