Oh, it is not death that frightens me, but the impossibility of imparting some meaning to my past.
Elie WieselThe deeper the nostalgia and the more complete the fear, the purer, the richer the word and the secret.
Elie WieselMan prefers to blame himself for all possible sins and crimes rather than come to the conclusion that God is capable of the most flagrant injustice. I still blush every time I think of the way God makes fun of human beings, his favorite toys.
Elie WieselThis is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century - solidarity with the weak, the persecuted, the lonely, the sick, and those in despair. It is expressed by the desire to give a noble and humanizing meaning to a community in which all members will define themselves not by their own identity but by that of others.
Elie Wiesel