The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.

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.

Wise words are like seeds. The more you scatter them, the more they will grow into infinite gardens of knowledge.

Every dog is a lion at home.

You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming.

The fate that condemns or saves one sooner or later often condemns or saves another.

We can change the expression of more than 70 percent of the genes that have a direct bearing on our health and longevity.

Github is an excellent hosting service; I have nothing against it at all.

While I was into many different types of music, and played with many different local groups, I really didn't have a band to call my own until Dire Straits was formed in 1977.

See what I have to put up with every night?

The Chinese government is quickly losing its ideological legitimacy, maintain its rule with force, but cannot draw strength from the ideology of Marx and Mao.

In the future, I want a movie career, kids and a happy marriage.