Elie Wiesel Quotes

There's no text that can replace a loving touch when someone we love is hurting.

The reality is that we communicate with every part of our being, and there are times when we must use it all. When someone needs us, he or she needs all of us. There's no text that can replace a loving touch when someone we love is hurting.

My mother was all about unconditional love, and I don't think we give that to our patients a lot. At the end of the day, what they really need you to do is to look at them in the eye and say, 'I'm here for you. I'm going to make sure this works out.'

When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.

I needed New Orleans so badly back in 2006, just somebody to believe in me, somebody to care about me.

And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.

There's nothing like being hugged or held or just anything as simple as that.

We do not need answers or formulas to minister in crisis.

The experience of being cared for is profound, and it nourishes the soul as much as the food does the body.

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

When you are in the midst of suffering you are looking for someone to be Jesus to you. You are looking for someone to love you and help take care of you, and reach out to you.

When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.

There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.

There are widows who long for friendly voices and that spirit of anxious concern which speaks of love.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

I want everyone to know there is always someone there for you.

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

The whole idea is to look at the television camera and present as much love as you possibly could to a person who might feel that he or she needs it.

I use my experience to comfort and support others for whom life has no hope.

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.

Hope and encouragement, especially hope, is probably one of the greatest things you can give another person.

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.

How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital.