My God was never happiness, but to understand and be understood.

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.

Man has to awaken to wonder - and so perhaps do peoples. Science is a way of sending him to sleep again.

A poem is its own name and cover.

Curious learning not only makes unpleasant things less unpleasant but also makes pleasant things more pleasant.

I love doing improv. I love comedy. I have always felt this way, even when I was really young.

It's easy in music to tell what's good. It's hard to tell what's bad.

To make the bloody thing talk the way I do when I'm on a verbal roll, in my idioms and rhythms.

It is not greedy to enjoy a good dinner, any more than it is to enjoy a good concert. But I do think there is something greedy about trying to enjoy the dinner and the concert at the same time.

My preference would be to remain in the Senate, ... But you can't say I would refuse to serve in one of those (Cabinet) capacities. It's not the same as vice president.

Cause even grown men need understanding.

When you're onstage with Chris Rock, anything can happen. He is one of the greatest comic geniuses we've ever seen.