Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Night by Elie Wiesel

  • I wept because--because of something inside me that felt the need for tears. That was all I knew.
  • Why did I pray? A strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?
  • Every question possessed a power that did not lie in the answer.
  • Man raises himself toward God by the questions he asks Him.
  • Man questions God and God answers. But we don't understand His answers. We can't understand them. Because they come from the depths of the soul, and they stay there until death. You will find the true answers only within yourself!
  • There are a thousand and one gates leading into the orchard of mystical truth. Every human being has his own gate. We must never make the mistake of wanting to enter the orchard by any gate but our own. To do this is dangerous for the one who enters and also for those who are already there.
  • We must keep going.
  • To save was our rule; to save up for tomorrow. Tomorrow might be worse.
  • You must never lose faith, even when the sword hangs over your head.
  • All creation bears witness to the Greatness of God!
  • As soon as he felt the first cracks forming in his faith, he had lost his reason for struggling and had begun to die.
  • You get used to anything.
  • You died because you had to die. There was no fuss.
  • Indifference deadened the spirit.
  • Don't let yourself go under. You must resist. Don't lose faith in yourself.

1/1/2007

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