More by Elie Wiesel
Time does not heal all wounds; there are those that remain painfully open.
A Jew Today (1978)
Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.
Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.
The Gates of the Forest (1964)
No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night.
Nobel acceptance speech (1986)
When a Jew visits Jerusalem for the first time, it is not the first time; it is a homecoming.
A destruction only man can provoke, only man can prevent. Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures, it is our gift to each other.
Hope, Despair, and Memory (1986)
You must intervene. You must interfere. And that is actually the motto of human rights.
There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.
The Little Book of Romanian Wisdom (2011)
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