Elie Wiesel Quotes About Earth

Quotes about: Earth

• Man walks the moon but his soul remains riveted to earth. Once upon a time it was the opposite.

  Elie Wiesel

  Dream, Moon, Men

  Elie Wiesel (2013). “Souls on Fire”, p.256, Simon and Schuster

• We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything--death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth.

  Elie Wiesel

  Night, Men, Numbers

  Elie Wiesel (1985). “Night ; Dawn ; Day”, Jason Aronson

• Man’s strength resides in his capacity and desire to elevate himself, so as to attain the good. To travel step by step toward the heights. And that is all he can do. To reach heaven and remain there is beyond his powers: Even Moses had to return to earth. Is it the same for evil?

  Elie Wiesel

  Men, Evil, Heaven

  Elie Wiesel (2007). “The Judges: A Novel”, p.183, Schocken

• If life is not a celebration, why remember it ? If life --- mine or that of my fellow man --- is not an offering to the other, what are we doing on this earth?

  Elie Wiesel

  Men, Offering, Fellow Man

  Elie Wiesel (2012). “Open Heart”, p.75, Schocken

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