QUOTES FROM NIGHT BY ELIE WIESEL ABOUT FAITH

“Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust.”

“If only I didn’t experience it, I could still believe in God. I could still see Him in the faces of the children. But how can I believe, how can I accept this God who chose to be silent?”

“For the first time, I felt revolt rise up in me. Why should I bless His name? The Eternal, Lord of the Universe, the All-Powerful and Terrible, was silent. What had I to thank Him for?”

“There are some who no longer believe. There are some who will never forget.”

“But I had ceased to pray. How had I allowed myself to be persuaded to believe in God, who is silent and indifferent?”

“In the concentration camp, it was not God who saved us, it was man. Without man, there is no God.”

“I was no longer able to lament. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused.”

“Every fiber in me rebelled. For God’s sake, where is God?”

“The eternal, Lord of the Universe, the All-Powerful and Terrible, was silent. What had I to thank Him for?”

“For the first time, I desired to revolt against the God in whom I believed so firmly.”

“Behind me, I heard the same man asking: “Where is God now?” And I heard a voice within me answer him: “Where is He? Here He is – He is hanging here on this gallows.”

“I found myself surrounded by nothing but human bodies, oblivious of heaven and earth. I admired the silence of the dead.”

“Our minds numb with indifference. We had ceased fighting them.” I HOPE WE WILL BE TOGETHER FOREVER QUOTES

“I realized that God is no less cruel”

“Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky.”

“Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live.”

“Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever.”

“Was there a single place here where you were not in danger of death?”

“But now that the moment had come, I was unable to believe.”

“How could I say to Him: Blessed be Thou, Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and night?”

“It was the first time I had felt revolt rise up in me.”

“I felt very strong.”

“I was the accuser, God the accused.”

“For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I bless His name? The Eternal, Lord of the Universe, the All-Powerful and Terrible, was silent. What had I to thank Him for?”