If God exists, how can we lay claim to freedom, since He is its beginning and its end?

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.

Bold courage is paralyzing fear after humble prayer.

I take the most wrenchingly painful moments of my life, brush them off and present them for the amusement of others. Luckily for me, my childhood was torture.

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.

Who we are looking for is who is looking.

In all the relations of life and death, we are met by the color line.

Speak or act with a pure mind, and happiness will follow you as your shadow, unshakable.

Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object and product.

Luck is not the hand of God.... Luck is the way the wind swirls and the dust settles eons after God has passed by.

One doesn't wish to see those to whom one owes so much.