You know, words have strange destiny, too. They grow. They get old. They die. They come back.

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.

The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe.

Light is colder when there are parts of it missing.

Sadly, we live in a world where if you do good things, there are no financial rewards. If you poison the earth, there is a fortune to be made.

There is a kind of truth in a well-told lie. When we look back, we don't see things as they were but how we would like them to have been.

Any time the country is split 50/50, the leader is wrong.

Schroeder, do you think love is the answer to everything?" "Boy, I hope not!

We cannot continue to see the Middle East in the context of 9/11. We must see it in the context of 2011.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

Every cliche is true, right? That's why they're cliches.

BELOVED, gaze in thine own heart, The holy tree is growing there.