It takes more than a few generations to change a human nation. Those who are intent to bring (change) will do so.

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.

Language has an ideological agenda that is apt to be hidden from view.

I'm putting up a great front, then because I feel like I'm breaking apart inside.

Many a standing ovation has been caused by someone jumping to his feet in an effort to beat the rest of the audience to the parking lot.

Who you become today will determine what you are capable of creating tomorrow.

I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.

I kept waiting for that loneliness and nervousness to make me want to go back. But it never did.

Lost money is bewailed with deeper sighs Than friends, or kindred, and with louder cries.

The veil that clouds your eyes shall be lifted by the hands that wove it.

My marriage didn't make me sad, but it didn't make me happy either. My husband and I hardly spoke to each other. This wasn't because we were angry. We had nothing to say. I was dying of boredom.

Who feareth to suffer suffereth already, because he feareth.