A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent.

Fanaticism in many lands has surfaced as the greatest threat to the world. Indifference to its consequences would be a serious mistake.

I still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted by the enemies of mankind. And I continue to cling to words because it is up to us to transform them into instruments of comprehension rather than contempt. It is up to us to choose whether we wish to use them to curse or to heal, to wound or to console.

The Biblical text does not have punctuation marks like periods and question marks. Where we end sentences is a matter of interpretation.

'Indifference to evil is equal to evil' because it strengthens people.

We live in the age of communication. Write letters to the editor. Speak to your congressman, to your senator. If you are young, especially young people are taken by this human rights activities. They should organize the universities.

And to write is to sow and to reap at the same time.