No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions.

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'd stop the world from spinning for you."That silly line oddly touched me. "I love you.""Liked that one, did you.

If you see a strange thing, try to understand it! If you can understand it, nothing strange will remain!

I wish I could swap closets with Diana Vreeland, but I think only my left thigh would fit into her clothing.

Eat your vegetables, have a positive outlook, be kind to people, and smile.

The cliche is that life is a mountain. You go up, reach the top and then go down.

Nobody wants to proclaim, 'I changed the world with my inferior products.'

The process of competitively selecting contractors to perform work is based on a system of rewards and penalties, all distributed randomly.

God grants victory to perseverance.

However often marriage is dissolved, it remains indissoluble. Real divorce, the divorce of the heart and nerve and fiber, does not exist, since there is no divorce from memory.

As Negro voting increased, Congress got an improved sense of hearing.