Elie Wiesel Quotes About Life

Quotes about: Life

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  The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

  Elie Wiesel

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  US News & World Report, October 27, 1986.
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  Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

  Elie Wiesel

  Life, Despair, Remember

  Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1986.

• Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.

  Elie Wiesel

  Inspirational, Life, Women

  Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.170, Schocken

• There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

  Elie Wiesel

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  "The Little Book of Romanian Wisdom". Book edited by Diana Doroftei and Matthew Cross, 2011.

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

  Elie Wiesel

  Life, Friendship, Relationship

  Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.57, Schocken

• Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.

  Elie Wiesel

  Life, Power, Evil

  US News & World Report, October 27, 1986.

• Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.

  Elie Wiesel

  Inspirational, Life, Truth

  Elie Wiesel (2011). “The Fifth Son: A novel”, p.54, Schocken

• I have no doubt that faith is only pure when it does not negate the faith of another. I have no doubt that evil can be fought and that indifference is no option. I have no doubt that fanaticism is dangerous. And of all the books in the world on life, I have no doubt that the life of one person weighs more than them all.

  Elie Wiesel

  Life, Book, Evil

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. November 2000.

• The only way for us to help ourselves is to help others and to listen to each other's stories.

  Elie Wiesel

  Life, Helping Others, Stories

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