It was the beginning of the war. I was twelve years old, my parents were alive, and God still dwelt in our town.

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.

Whether you think you're right or you think you're wrong. You're right.""If you think in pictures, write. If you think in words, paint.

The best relationships are the ones you never saw coming

I've pushed myself to push toward things that disturb me. I've developed a habit of recording these things because these things often disappear.

The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines.

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

A losing football team looks at excuses. A championship football team looks at solutions.

Before something great happens, everything falls apart. Just hold on long enough to get through the smoke screen.

And there's nothing wrong with being a lizard either. Unless you were born to be a hawk.

Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.

Here's the problem: Profiteers haunt America, and for everything we try to control, someone's going to profit from it, more than you control it.