What is Scripture? The Hebrew word is torah. Torah means teaching, learning.

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.

I prayed for all his dreams to come true. I prayed that I would always be able to connect with him--even if I was no longer on earth.

No one can pretend that because a people may be oppressed, every individual member is virtuous and worthy.

Let not your heart be troubled.

You never cede control of your own ability to be successful to something called racism.

Keep we to the broad truths before us; duty here; knowledge comes alone in the Hereafter.

I've spent days in cinemas answering questions from the audience, in interviews, travelling abroad, and all they do is thank me nicely.

The young do not demand omniscience. They know it is unattainable. They do demand sincerity.

There's only one note you ever get in broadcast and that's clarity.

The second was some rather bad poetry, but it was short, and I forced my way through by gritting my teeth and occasionally closing one eye so as not to damage the entirety of my brain.

I was very vulnerable to criticism for many years. I could read a bad review and remember it my whole life.