It's not a weapon, [governments] don't kill, they don't conduct massacres, although massacres have been committed and many people were killed, but they stifle religion, they're afraid probably.

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.

The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward and knit together the common government.

To lose faith in oneself is to cease to create; to cease to create is to cease to exist.

They have been playing golf for 800 years and nobody has satisfactorily said why.

Guilt rarely results in positive behavior. But gratitude? Great things flow from a heart of gratitude.

I don't date dancers, but I've always wanted to teach guys how to dance.

Money is bounded; we only have so much of it. Love goes on forever.

I've been ignored by prettier women than you, but none who carried the heavy pitchers of silence so far, without spilling a drop.

Every day is important for us because it is a day ordained by God.

You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.

I learn something new every day - to edit, to take out all the extraneous matter and stress form, logic, and content. I try to play beautiful music.