You know how many reasons we have to be desperate and despairing, the world is not learning anything. We have seen that.
Elie WieselWhen has religion ever been unifying? Religion has introduced many wars in this world, enough bloodshed and violence.
Elie WieselWhen I have my manuscript finished, more or less, I type it myself, with two fingers. I type fast with two fingers. And then when it's ready, I reread, recorrect, and retype it. Everything is my own work. I do not give it to secretaries or to typists.
Elie WieselThe sincere Christian knows that what died in Auschwitz was not the Jewish people but Christianity.
Elie WieselI still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted by the enemies of mankind. And I continue to cling to words because it is up to us to transform them into instruments of comprehension rather than contempt. It is up to us to choose whether we wish to use them to curse or to heal, to wound or to console.
Elie Wiesel