Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.

— Elie Wiesel

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.

— Elie Wiesel

Man asks and God replies, but we don't understand his replies because they dwell in the depths of our souls and remain there until we die.

— Elie Wiesel

Man comes closer to God through the questions he asks Him, he liked to say.

— Elie Wiesel

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures peace is our gift to each other.

— Elie Wiesel

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

Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words

— Elie Wiesel

My faceless neighbor spoke up:“Don’t be deluded. Hitler has made it clear that he will annihilate all Jews before the clock strikes twelve.” I exploded:“What do you care what he said? Would you want us to consider him a prophet? His cold eyes stared at me. At last, he said, wearily:“I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.

— Elie Wiesel

Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky. Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes. Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.

— Elie Wiesel

Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.

— Elie Wiesel