Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must — at that moment — become the center of the universe.

If the only prayer you say throughout your life is "Thank You," then that will be enough.

Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.

No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.

From Jeff Greenfield: "I once asked Elie Wiesel "Are you an optimist or a pessimist?" "An optimist," he said. "I have to be.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.