For the purpose of my life, I don't ask the question. First of all, I believe. I think the Five Books of Moses are inspired. Call it divine. I don't know. But I would certainly call it inspired.

What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories

The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.

Even in darkness it is possible to create light.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.

To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.

All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

To be wise means to know when to stay silent.

Take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible.

If you don't acquire the discipline to push through a personal low point, you will miss the reward that comes with persevering.

Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women and even the most foolish women are wise about men.

I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers. There's jealousy.

I don't have any secrets I need kept any more.

It is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the reader, rather than editor, is jury.

It matters, like this: I belong to Malvern, you don't.

Believe me, there is no more powerful means to obtain God's grace than to employ the intercessions of the Holy Virgin.

I can see myself as a very old man in a terrific wheelchair. Only, I won't be photographing the tree outside my window, the way Steichen did. I'll be photographing other old people.