Life is really fascinated only by death. It vibrates only when it comes in contact with death.

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.

Life without discipline is just like a body without a backbone.

If they don't like you for who you are, it means they're not meant to be in your life.

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

The long arm of the law slides up the outskirts of town.

Like a bird with broken wing that has traveled through wind for years . . . I sleep and my heart stays awake . . .

And yet self-knowledge is thought by some not so easy. Who knows, my dear sir, but for a time you may have taken yourself for somebody else? Stranger things have happened.

Nobody should claim that the war [in Iraq] is over. But certainly it can be said that the regime is finished.

Employers ganging up against workers is like raising an army of elephants against ants.

This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.

They say the day you die your name is written on a cloud.