Even in darkness it is possible to create light and encourage compassion. That it is possible to feel free inside a prison. That even in exile, friendship exists and can become an anchor. That one instant before dying, man is still immortal.

In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.

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.

Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.

Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

I don't want my past to become anyone else's future.

We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children.