Tag: Elie Wiesel
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Someone who hates one group will end up hating everyone – and, ultimately, hating himself or herself.
Elie Wiesel
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I don’t like docudramas. Documentaries should not go together with fiction, or half-fiction or quarter-fiction. The two should not go together. They cannot mix.
Elie Wiesel
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I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason.
Elie Wiesel
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When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
Elie Wiesel
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Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.
Elie Wiesel
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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
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I love teaching.
Elie Wiesel
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I have to be self-conscious of what I’m trying to do with my life.
Elie Wiesel
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I wanted to write a commentary on the Bible, to write about the Talmud, about celebration, about the great eternal subjects: love and happiness.
Elie Wiesel
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It used to be said that when the Baal Shem Tov came into a town, his impact was so strong, he didn’t have to speak. His disciples had to dance or to sing or to preach to have the same effect. I think a real messenger, myself or anyone, by the very fact that he is there as a person, as a symbol, could have the same impact.
Elie Wiesel