Elie Wiesel Quotes

Why live? Life was its own answer. Life was the propagation of more life and the living of as good a life as possible.

Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning.

The meaning of life is life.

I have a calling in my soul, if you like, to try to make my life in some way worthwhile. What is the value of my existence?

There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself.

As a child, I wondered often, 'Why are we? What is the meaning of life?' These questions made me realize that life is what has meaning - not just individual lives, but all of our lives.

What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.

And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself?

~The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them ~

It is better to lose your life than to waste it.

Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to find and believe. If you find a truth, even a temporary one, it can demand that you make painful changes. Conceal your truths within words. Natural ambiguity will protect you then.

I agree with the sentiment that it's probably more dangerous to believe some things that aren't so than to not believe something - you know, to believe in a lie.

We must be careful with our lives, for Christ's sake, because it would seem that they are the only lives we are going to have in this puzzling and perilous world, and so they are very precious and what we do with them matters enormously.

I took one Draught of Life - I'll tell you what I paid - Precisely an existence - The market price, they said.

And what constitutes evil, real evil, is the taking of a single human life. Whether a man would die tomorrow or the day after or eventually... it doesn't matter. Because if God does not exist, then life... every second of it... Is all we have.

Life's no brief candle-it's a splendid torch!

It is no use dealing with illusions and make-believes. We must look at the facts. The world ... is too dangerous for anyone to be able to afford to nurse illusions. We must look at realities.

The only basis for living is believing in life, loving it, and applying the whole force of one's intellect to know it better.

It's not fair. It's not. But then, that's the game. It makes life great. The fact that it ends when we don't want it to. The ending gives it meaning.

Leonard asks me if there's anything I need to know before he dies, I think about it for a minute, turn to him, say what's the meaning of life, Leonard? He laughs, says that's an easy one, my son, it's whatever you want it to be.

When you understand that life is a test, you realize that nothing is insignificant in your life.

It’s a strange myth that atheists have nothing to live for. It’s the opposite. We have nothing to die for. We have everything to live for.