I remember, May 1944: I was 15-and-a-half, and I was thrown into a haunted universe where the story of the human adventure seemed to swing irrevocably between horror and malediction.

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.

It is your duty to do your best. It is not, however, your birth-right to prevail.

It’s not what I think? If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck...” I imply with a shrug “...well then you know what they say.”“Nothing hap―”“Quack!

We glorify Christ when we live for God—trusting, loving, and obeying Him.

Surfing is simply the most fun I know how to have on this planet.

A good poem is a contribution to reality.

Without artists, the order which we find in nature, and which is only an effect of art, would at once vanish.

In any group there is more or less tension between people, and there are complicities and affinities.

I'm tempted to do everything. And sometimes I think, "Oh, come on. You can stick that detail somewhere."

Speaking of ways, pet, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract.

If I listen long enough, the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.