[ Rabbi Shlomo ben Isaac] was the greatest commentator [of the Bible] we ever had.

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.

He's made me believe I'm worth love of the liquid kind, you know, the kind that seeps to all my damaged parts.

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

He will work off his crudities in time. I rather mistrust young men who slip into life gracefully.

And a funeral, I found out, is like a wedding in reverse, with less time to plan.

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.

A lie should be tried in a place where it will attract the attention of the world.

How do you know when an apology is true—when it means something, or can change something, or will last outside the moment?

When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years

The thing I don't get about paedophilia... Why the hell do kids find old men in dirty raincoats so sexy?

There's still time to change the road you're on...