Elie Wiesel Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)
Elie Wiesel quotes and sayings page 8 (96 year old novelist). Here's quote # 71 through 80 out of the 84 we have for him.
“It's clear to me that one can't be Jewish without Israel. Religious or non-religious, Zionist or non-Zionist, Ashkenazi or Sephardic - all these will not exist without Israel.”
“If I were in the government, I would persuade the prime minister to see the beauty in the fact that people see Israel as a haven - from their sadness to their hope.”
“The Bible is not only laws, it's also stories. It begins, 'In the beginning God created Heaven.' If I had written these words, I wouldn't have written anything else; it's just enough.”
“I do not belong to this world. I continue to write everything in longhand. If I have to see something on the Internet, I ask my secretary or students. I am lucky, because I have people who do it for me.”
“When did I learn the Bible? When I was four or five years old. It's still the pull of my childhood, a fascination with the vanished world, and I can find everything except that world.”
“When my father was born, it was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. When I was born, it was Lithuania. When I left, it was Hungary. It is difficult to say where I come from.”
“For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share.”
“I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it.”
“When language fails, violence becomes a language; I never had that feeling.”
“I don't know much about politics, and I don't want to know. That's why I rarely involve myself in politics.”
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