Mankind needs peace more than ever, for our entire planet, threatened by nuclear war, is in danger of total destruction. A destruction only man can provoke, only man can prevent.

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.

I fear living a life where I could have accomplished something and didn't. That's what I fear. I don't fear death.

A man needs to be polite, not just to me but to everyone. I watch that. How does he treat the waiter? How does he treat the coat-check girl? How does he treat the driver?

You have to trust the words. They do not create anything more than themselves.

Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.

I mean, I love winning, but losing is a much more intense feeling.

I'm not real impressed with the Star Trek weaponry, I gotta be honest.

To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going.

We have garlic days, and onion days. You know what they're cooking.

Everything in our political life tends to hide from us that there is anything wiser than our ordinary selves.

Loneliness and darkness have just robbed me of my valuables.