You cannot write in more than one language. Words don't come out as well.

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.

Simplicity is the beauty of all creation.

The financial value put on the job of the writer and the misconceptions around that make it extremely difficult to enter the profession.

Evidence for or against God, if it is there, saturates every moment of the experience of existence, every employment of reason, every act of consciousness, every encounter with the world around us.

Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people.

You can't get anywhere flying under the radar.

There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.

Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it.

Upstate New York in the middle of October. You can't get more beautiful than that.

Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.

Let Silence speak to you about the secrets of the universe.