The sincere Christian knows that what died in Auschwitz was not the Jewish people but Christianity.

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.

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the roots.

Don't call me famous, but it's hard to be out with my friends now.

Bright reds - scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson or cherry - are very cheerful and youthful. There is certainly a red for everyone.

Homophobia's just one form of abjection, and wherever you have a marker of deviance - skin colour, gender, gender identity, disability - you get the same mechanisms of prejudice.

I have you and even if we never meet or ever see each other, we have left our thumbprints in the thick, moist clay of each other's lives.

Resolved, that I will live so, as I shall wish I had done when I come to die.

I will always stay close to all compatriots, and share together the happiness and suffering.

If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?

It is so often self who tries to live the Christian life. No wonder we need breaking. As long as self is in control, God can do little with us.

All lines of play which lead to the imprisonment of the bishop are on principle to be condemned.