Wiesel's Wisdom...

Yesterday on Oprah, she had a one-on-one conversation with Nobel Prize winning Elie Wiesel. Together they toured Auschwitz death camp in Poland, and Wiesel spoke of how he survived. Viewers were able to see the Holocaust through the eyes of a man who lived it.

In speaking about the interview with Elie Wiesel, Oprah said, "Through his eyes, we witness the depths of both human cruelty and human grace—and we're left grappling with what remains of Elie, a teenage boy caught between the two. I gain courage from his courage."

On her website, Oprah had transciption from her conversation with him at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City, and I found the words he came up with at a moment's notice to be filled with profound wisdom and an incredible understanding of the true meaning of life and the grace that can be found in every day.

Oprah: The last page in the magazine, I always do a column called, “What I Know For Sure.” What is it that you know for sure, that you have no doubt about?

Mr. Wiesel: I have no doubt that evil can be fought. I have no doubt that indifference is no option.

I have no doubt that fanaticism is dangerous.

I have no doubt that the life of any person, any person, weighs more than all the books in the world on life. More?

Oprah: Yes, this is good.

Mr. Wiesel: I have no doubt that we are here for a purpose.

I have no doubt that the purpose is not only bringing God closer to his creation, but to bring his creatures close to one another.

I have no doubt that the human being is human simply because he or she is human and we have no right to say that a poor person, because her or she is poor, is less valid to society than the person who is rich.

Oprah: That being born gives you worth.

Mr. Wiesel: Absolutely. I have no doubt that education is good for the soul. Not only for the mind. I have no doubt that faith is only pure when it does not negate the faith of the other. And I have no doubt that questions have their own magic. Their own charm. And their own immortality.