Elie Wiesel Quotes

I knew all of the childhood prayers I uttered on my knees at the side of my bed. Many years of Sunday-school attendance had etched certain Psalms and rote prayers into the fibers of my brain. However, somewhere deep inside of me, I had the secret belief that I did not know how to pray, and that frightened me.

Doubt is part of searching. Same as faith.

No one has the answer: we are answer and question.

Question everything. Your love, your religion, your passion. If you don't have questions, you'll never find answers.

Never stop doubting , never stop questioning, never ever assume you have all the answers. Having all the answers kills the question itself, renders it lifeless.....an d you too. Keep looking, keep seeking. Never, ever find it all. Because when you find it all, you deny that there is more. And there is never not more.

Gentlemen, I am tormented by questions; answer them for me.

I always say I write because I have lots of questions, not because I have any answers.

I am not a believer, not an atheist, not an agnostic. I am still awake at night, asking how? I am more content with the question than I would be with an answer.

Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.

Uncertainty is a very good thing: it's the beginning of an investigation, and the investigation should never end.

Writing reminds you of how much there is in your life that stands outside your explanations. In that way, it's almost a journey into faith and doubt at once.

It's not like I have all the answers.

If there's any place where you would express your deepest doubts, it would be church.

Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.

I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not.

We are all seekers in some way. There are those of us who think they have all the answers and there are those of us who may never get an answer.

The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.

I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know, therefore I'm interested.

I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it's not without doubt but in spite of doubt.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.

My truth - what I believe - is that there are no answers here and, if you are looking for answers, you'd better choose the question carefully.

I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.