Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.

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.

...if He has a message to get across to us, He will continually reaffirm what He has said through a variety of ways.

If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.

Let's stop kidding ourselves that Greek debt is the Euro's key problem. With Greece gone, who's next ?

Don’t throw away God’s plan for you just to chase a dream of your own making.

This life you cry up so much is what I wanted to extinguish by suicide, whereas my dream, my dream—oh, it has revealed to me a great, new, regenerated intensity of life!

the rape willtear youin halfbut it will notend you

I believe in God. I believe in a higher power. And I do believe that God works in mysterious ways.

Sometimes you can't realize you're in a bad mood until another person enters your orbit.

The Southerner is usually tolerant of those weaknesses that proceed from innocence.

If it makes you feel beautiful...do it!