Elie Wiesel

For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

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For me, every hour is grace. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#grace #hour #me

I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#life #my life #self-conscious #trying

I remember, May 1944: I was 15-and-a-half, and I was thrown into a haunted universe where the story of the human adventure seemed to swing irrevocably between horror and malediction. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#between #haunted #horror #human #i

I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be truthful. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#i #memoir #must #say #truthful

I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#i #ideal #life #memory #my life

In my tradition, one must wait until one has learned a lot of Bible and Talmud and the Prophets to handle mysticism. This isn't instant coffee. There is no instant mysticism. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#coffee #handle #instant #learned #lot

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. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#car #cattle #deportation #fast #fiery

Look, if I were alone in the world, I would have the right to choose despair, solitude and self-fulfillment. But I am not alone. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#am #choose #despair #i #i am

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

— Elie Wiesel

#each #gift #god #his #mankind