There is divine beauty in learning... To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps.

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.

If I could bronze my love, it’d be worthy of a silver medal.

The Gospel is about what Jesus did, not what we have to do.

Why can't you understand? The stars fall down now and then. The gaps have to be filled.

I get to do for a living what I did as a child for fun, and that's pretty cool.

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

Find a balance between one's responsibility as a white person to confront acts of racism and one's subconscious sense of power and privilege over people of color when reacting to the [racist] event.

Suffering well borne is better than suffering removed.

And of course death can't be conquered...but oh, the battle can be glorious.

I tell my child, if I seem obsessed to always know where you've been, it is because my DNA will be found at the scene.

When you’re truly connecting with wisdom, the more you learn, the more you realize the less you know.