Elie Wiesel Quotes

I think being compassionate of each other's lives and issues is nonnegotiable when it comes to friendships. We're all going through different stages and issues, and as I get older, I'm trying to lean into that.

All I want is for people, when they read my books, to feel companioned, to feel they're not alone in the world.

Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.

I definitely, really appreciate that quality that humans like to show constantly, even without saying anything, that they're with you and they're processing something.

"Cammie!" I'll never forget the tone of Macey's voice in that moment. "Cam," she said slowly, moving toward me, "I know how it feels to be watched every second of every day. I know what it's like to trust fewer and fewer people until it seems like you are completely alone in the world. I know you think the only things that are left in your life are the bad things. I know what you're feeling, Cam." Her hands were on my shoulders. Her blue eyes were staring into mine. "I know."

Knowing pain is a very important ingredient of being there for another person.

I think because I can be sad, and I can be lonely, my gift would be trying to help other people feel less lonely and less sad. Because that's what I understand.

The most incredible gift you can give someone in a video is to help them feel less alone... The things that make us feel the most alone, have the greatest power to connect us

I traffic in empathy. I try to be vulnerable with people so they can be vulnerable back. I've always been searching for empathy in other people. It's when I feel most not alone.

'Talk to me,' it's what you say to someone to let them know you're there. Just three simple words. But saying them out loud could help save a life.

I want 'Flesh Of My Flesh' to be like my connection to the community, I want to say what's on my peoples' minds, soak up all their pain. I've learned that when I take it all in, I can make one brotha's pain be understood by the world.

Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling.

What kind of man would I have been if I had not been there to help her? I felt along with her - not the physical pain, of course, but all her mental anguish. You can't be detached.

But you can't realize, you can't know what another person goes through.

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.

'Waterfalls' spoke to so many people at a time where people needed to feel like somebody was on their side.

People would say, 'Can I hug you?' And I would say, 'Yes, you can hug me! We're fellow New Yorkers!'

I talk about a lot of issues I go through and some of my fans go through and try to create a fellowship where people can relate to each other.

One of my impulses in acting has always to make people feel less alone.

My music is straightforward because I want to give people me and let them know they're not alone in going through the things that they go through.

I always seek the time to talk to people who are reaching out for help because sometimes you just need that one person to tell you everything is going to be OK.

To be truly empathetic, we have to acknowledge that we're all human, we're all flawed, and that life can be difficult.

Despair is despair, sorrow is sorrow, death is death. It's not about who is experiencing it; it's about building a bridge of empathy across these experiences.

I think I felt very alone for a lot of my life, but once I was able to share my story more and more, and people wouldn't say, 'Hey, I felt sorry for you,' but, 'I get it, and I understand you,' it kind of encouraged me to tell it more. I just don't want people to feel alone.

We're alone, but we are capable of communicating to one another both our loneliness and our desire to break through it. You say, 'I'm alone.' Someone answers, 'I'm alone too.' There's a shift in the scale of power. A bridge is thrown between the two abysses.