Elie Wiesel Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

Elie Wiesel quotes and sayings page 2 (96 year old novelist). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 84 we have for him.

“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.”

“When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.”

“Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.”

“No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.”

“Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.”

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

“Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.”

“Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.”

“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.”

“When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.”