When I say it doesn't make much difference, I mean in terms of the importance of the piece of literature.

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.

To go where no one else has ever gone before is the secret of heroism.

Spurred by Amy’s death I’ve tried to salvage unwilling victims from the mayhem of the internal storm and am always, always just pulled inside myself.

The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave.

I was studying Tibetan Buddhism when I was quite young, again influenced by Kerouac.

When my oldest boy was about 14, I started to talk to him about some of the mistakes I made in life, just to put a few dents in that shiny armor.

John Wesley quaintly observed that the road to heaven is a narrow path, not intended for wheels, and that to ride in a coach here and to go to heaven hereafter, was a happiness too much for man.

I began my career in Los Angeles and started working fairly quickly.

Every cold empirick, when his heart is expanded by a successful experiment, swells into a theorist.

Putting our heads in the sand is not a wise strategy.

God has invested entirely too much in you for you to be comfortable in anything less than you were created to be.