Elie Wiesel Quotes

Never forget that indifference is the greatest source of evil.

The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.

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

Peace is our gift to each other.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.

To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.

The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference.

When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.

Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

There is divine beauty in learning, just as there is human beauty in tolerance.

We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference.

The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference.

Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.

No human being is illegal.

We must remember that hatred and prejudice are not born in our hearts; they are taught.

Elie Wiesel Quotes part 2

The suffering of one diminishes the humanity of all.

Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.

We must stand up for what is right, even if we are standing alone.

There is no such thing as an indifferent act; every act has consequences.

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.

We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.

I still believe that one day humanity will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’

Silence in the face of injustice is complicity.

Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.

Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.

The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

A destruction only man can provoke, only man can prevent.

The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.

Man, as long as he lives, is immortal.

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.

To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice.

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.

The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.

Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.

What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations; it can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.

The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference.

The world must not remain silent in the face of injustice.

Indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor – never its victim.

We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

We must remember that hatred and prejudice are not born in our hearts; they are taught.

Even in darkness, it is possible to create light. Even in sorrow, it is possible to find comfort. Even in pain, it is possible to gather strength. This is Elie Wiesel’s legacy – a call to never give up, to never remain silent, and to stand up for justice and humanity.

The Holocaust was a gradual process. The Nazis didn’t start with gas chambers. They started with politicians warning about ‘foreigners stealing our jobs.’ They started with hate speech, with dehumanizing the ‘other.’ They started with indifference.

The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference.