Elie Wiesel was a Holocaust survivor and a renowned writer, speaker, and activist. He is known for his powerful and moving quotes that inspire people of all ages to stand up against injustice and never forget the horrors of the Holocaust. His words encourage us to be kind, compassionate, and understanding toward others, and to always strive for peace and understanding. Here are a few of Elie Wiesel’s quotes that are especially meaningful for kids:
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” This quote reminds us that it is important to care about others and to show them love and kindness.
“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” This quote encourages us to speak out against injustice and to never be silent when others are suffering.
Let’s read some more quotes said by Elie Wiesel that will be helpful for kids and students. You can also read quotes said by famous personalities like Bill Gates, Dr. Seuss, and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
Elie Wiesel Quotes For Kids And Students
1. “A word is worth a thousand pictures.” ― Elie Wiesel
2. “Don’t let yourself be fooled with illusions.” ― Elie Wiesel
3. “I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him the right questions.” ― Elie Wiesel
4. “I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides.” ― Elie Wiesel
5. “Indifference is the sign of sickness, a sickness of the soul more contagious than any other.” ― Elie Wiesel
6. “Life belongs to man, but the meaning of life is beyond him.” ― Elie Wiesel
7. “Life is really fascinated only by death. It vibrates only when it comes in contact with death.” ― Elie Wiesel
8. “Love makes everything complicated.” ― Elie Wiesel
9. “Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” ― Elie Wiesel
10. “The opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.” ― Elie Wiesel
11. “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” ― Elie Wiesel
12. “To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps.” ― Elie Wiesel
13. “Whatever you think in life… think higher and feel deeper, be positive.” ― Elie Wiesel
14. “When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.” ― Elie Wiesel
15. “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” ― Elie Wiesel
16. “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” ― Elie Wiesel
17. “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel
18. “One person of integrity can make a difference.” ― Elie Wiesel
19. “No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.” ― Elie Wiesel
20. “If the only prayer you say throughout your life is “Thank You,” then that will be enough.” ― Elie Wiesel
21. “Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write.” ― Elie Wiesel
22. “Only the guilty are guilty. Their children are not.” ― Elie Wiesel
23. “Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must — at that moment — become the center of the universe.” ― Elie Wiesel
24. “We must not see any person as an abstraction. Instead, we must see in every person a universe with its own secrets, with its own treasures, with its own sources of anguish, and with some measure of triumph.” ― Elie Wiesel
25. “I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.” ― Elie Wiesel
26. “Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.” ― Elie Wiesel
27. “I write to understand as much as to be understood.” ― Elie Wiesel
28. “Better that one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all.” ― Elie Wiesel
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