You know how many reasons we have to be desperate and despairing, the world is not learning anything. We have seen that.

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.

A writer walks in nature to wonder.

A shadow is never created in darkness. It is born of light. We can be blind to it and blinded by it. Our shadow asks us to look at what we don’t want to see

Wish for the happiness of your enemies, for if they are happy, they are your enemy no more.

The best thing about the New Year is your 4.90 ERA disappears and starts back at zero.

The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight.

Trusting God doesn't alter our circumstances. Perfect trust in Him changes us.

This might be one way to start talking about differences between the early postmodern writers of the fifties and sixties and their contemporary descendants.

Now literary success can only be won in solitude by persevering labor.

Our neighbors in Virginia are just as responsible for these killings as the criminals are because they won't pass strong gun [control] legislation.

Things to do today: 1) Breathe in. 2) Breathe out.