Because of indifference, one dies before... by Elie Wiesel | We Heart Quotes

Author Night Jewish Oppression Remembrance

Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.

- Elie Wiesel

Other quotes by Elie Wiesel

Beginning

There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of two hundred pages which is the result of an original eight hundred pages. The six hundred are there. Only you don't see them.

- Elie Wiesel

Knowledge

What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically.

- Elie Wiesel

Death God Man

Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins.

- Elie Wiesel

Wrong Faith

No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.

- Elie Wiesel

Peace God

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

- Elie Wiesel

Home

I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table.

- Elie Wiesel

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