When I began teaching you hardly could find a university in America or a college where they would teach either Jewish studies or Holocaust studies.

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.

Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.

It's only as bad as you make it.

She may never be someone ANYONE can understand. But she will always be worth the wait.

When I was in college, I thought about becoming an attorney. But I wasn't smart enough; I hate being cooped up indoors; and I'm too nice a guy.

Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

I'm fascinated by the possibilities of human behavior, of how two people raised the same way can end up at such different places.

We have reason to be grateful for celestial phenomena, for they chiefly answer to the ideal in man.

Humans fear reason, but they ought to fear stupidity- for reason can be hard, but stupidity can be fatal.

Read, read, read, read and then read some more.

My name is William Shatner, and I am Canadian!