Elie Wiesel Suffering Quotations

If there is one person on the planet who still is suffering from loneliness and from pain or despair, and we don't know about it, or we don't want to know about it, then something is wrong with the world.

Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us.

A man can laugh while he suffers.

You're at the bottom of the mountain. May you climb up without suffering.

We are all brothers and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive. (pg. 39)

Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.

I came to the conclusion that I am free to choose my own suffering. But I am not free to consent to someone else's suffering.

An indifference to suffering makes humans inhuman

In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.

you can do something. You can, even for one person Don't turn away; help. Because those who suffer, often suffer not because of the person or the group that inflicts the suffering; they seem to suffer because nobody cares.