Sample Essays & Free Papers For You

A reliable academic resource for high school and college students.
Essay database with free papers will provide you with original and creative ideas.

Quotations

It is sometimes difficult to be inspired when trying to write a persuasive essay, book report or thoughtful research paper. Often of times, it is hard to find words that best describe your ideas. SwiftPapers now provides a database of over 150,000 quotations and proverbs from the famous inventors, philosophers, sportsmen, artists, celebrities, business people, and authors that are aimed to enrich and strengthen your essay, term paper, book report, thesis or research paper.

Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database.

Browse Authors

(Click a letter to view the authors)
A B C D
E
F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Elie Wiesel Quotes

«The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.»
«I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.»
«Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.»
«Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.»
Author: Elie Wiesel (Writer)
«There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.»
«I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.»
«I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.»
Author: Elie Wiesel (Writer) | About: Decision | Keywords: betrays, decided, devote, owe, survived, The Story
«Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on the canvas that the reader sees. Writing is more like a sculpture where you remove, you eliminate in order to make the work visible. Even those pages you remove somehow remain.»
«Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.»
Author: Elie Wiesel (Writer) | About: Gifts, Peace | Keywords: to each other
«There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.»
Author: Elie Wiesel (Writer) | About: Victory | Keywords: victories

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 Next »