Elie Wiesel Word Quotations

You cannot write in more than one language. Words don't come out as well.

Memory is the keyword which combines past with present, past and future.

Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.

Emphasis must be put on learning: there is no substitute to education. It can be briefly formulated in a few words: always, whatever you do in life, think higher and feel deeper.

In the word question, there is a beautiful word - quest. I love that word.

I'm a teacher and a writer; my life is words. When I see the denigration of language, it hurts me, and it's easy to denigrate a word by trivializing it.

It's not perfect. Nothing is perfect. Sometimes it takes time for the words to become more than words.