Humanity has understood nothing. Religious, tribal, national wars continue. The world continues to be in a sea of blood.

Heroes do extraordinary things. What I did was not an extraordinary thing. It was normal.

The world can be better if there's love, tolerance and humility.

I was taught that if you see a person drowning, you must jump into the water to save them, whether you can swim or not.

Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no longer living, is the justification of my existence on this earth, and not a title to glory.

Over a half-century has passed since the hell of the Holocaust, but its spectre still hangs over the world and doesn't allow us to forget.

Pushing through fear is less frightening than living with the underlying fear that comes from a feeling of helplessness.

There is some prophecy, however, that is unconditional. It depends solely on God himself for fulfillment. Normally it relates to the overview of his plans and purposes for mankind as a whole.

Grandma Hutto’s flower garden was a bright patchwork quilt thrown down inside the pickets.

His laugh and his voice were both pleasant. He talked the way New Yorkers used to talk before they learned to talk Flatbush.

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.

Somehow I think it was declared very early on that I was the - if not the black sheep of the family, not a very good student.

Beyond the shadow of a doubt, food was more important than a woman's suffering.

Democracy must be a sound scheme at bottom, else it would not survive such cruel strains.

There aren't enough good journalists. There are too many who really weren't groomed to be reporters and, as a result, some of the reporting is shallow.