“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.”
Faith
“After all, God is God because he remembers.”
GodAll Quotes by Elie Wiesel
“No human race is superior no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.”
Faith“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.”
Knowledge“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.”
Truth“Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.”
God“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.”
Best“After all, God is God because he remembers.”
God“Not to transmit an experience is to betray it.”
Experience“Peace is our gift to each other.”
Peace“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
Time“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.”
Alone“Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures peace is our gift to each other.”
Peace“I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table.”
Home“I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.”
Anger“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.”
Car“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.”
Love“Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.”
Death“Some stories are true that never happened.”
Imagination“Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.”
Future“Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins.”
Death