Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.

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.

Learning is not child's play

So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.

I am a demon hunter. Clearly, I am not afraid of the dark.

That's why I like my job so much, because at the end of the day they're fruits of labor that you don't pick very easily. And I love that.

If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear. If you let your upset mind settle, your course will also become clear.

Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression.

The useless men are those who never change with the years.

The writer is the engineer of the human soul.

I don't lead a particularly exciting life away from work.

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new.