Go over to Greece with the Iliad and Odyssey. These have elements of history, and they have non-historical elements. It's very difficult to pull them apart. And I think there's not much reason to.

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.

He was not thinking that the Christian law which he had wanted to follow all his life prescribed that he forgive and love his enemies

Not knowing about the ultimate purpose of our lives causes tremendous amounts of suffering.

Still humanity is in her infancy, so often we engage in fighting to destroy ourself.

When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.

We are often wrong about the past, but at least with the past you can change your thinking. We can't do that with the future.

I lead verbally, not by example.

If you buy a DVD you have a copy. If you want a backup copy you buy another one.

I think Twitter is kind of boring, to be honest. To me, it's not even real life.

When we're in the middle of a difficult time, we have to speak against that lie that says, "God is not here." We have to draw near to God.

Nothing is so aggravating as calmness. There is something positively brutal about the good temper of most modern men.