A politician is an arse upon which everybody has sat except a man E. E. Cummings I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that, without very much bloodshed, it might be done. John Brown, last words in a written note given to his jailer, Dec. 2, 1859 Are you so unobservant that you do not yet realize that sanity and hapiness are an impossible combination? Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) I have no doubt that faith is only pure when it does not negate the faith of another. I have no doubt that evil can be fought and that indifference is no option. I have no doubt that fanaticism is dangerous. And of all the books in the world on life, I have no doubt that the life of one person weighs more than them all. Elie Wiesel, O Magazine, November 2000 US (Romanian-born) activist, novelist (1928 - ) No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern; no idea is so modern <br> that it will not someday be antiquated. Ellen Glasgow US novelist (1873 - 1945) They were going to die. They knew it, and their last words were I love you. Even in great pain, their last words were of love... People who could have saved themselves and they ran back in to save others instead. If humanity is capable of that, how can I lose hope in humanity? Elie Wiesel, Chicago Sun-Times, November 5, 2001 US (Romanian-born) activist, novelist (1928 - ) Education in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century. Elie Wiesel, Chicago Sun-Times, November 5, 2001 US (Romanian-born) activist, novelist (1928 - ) Indifference, then, is not only a sin, it is a punishment. Elie Wiesel, The Perils of Indifference US (Romanian-born) activist, novelist (1928 - ) And, therefore, indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor -- never its victim, whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten. Elie Wiesel, The Perils of Indifference US (Romanian-born) activist, novelist (1928 - ) Man can live far from God -- not outside God. God is wherever we are. Even in suffering? Even in suffering. Elie Wiesel, The Perils of Indifference US (Romanian-born) activist, novelist (1928 - ) |