AIM in essence is a movement rather than just an organization. It is a manifestation of the desperation of our people.

We need to do more than just what is right. We need to join together and right what is wrong.

The FBI has always supported big business and big government.

A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone.

In them days, it was just still not illegal to kill an Indian. If you killed an Indian, you'd be very unfortunate if you got probation - most of them were released immediately.

You can't believe one thing and do another. What you believe and what you do are the same thing.

The United States government can indict you on something, and now you've got to prove your innocence. And that's not the Constitution of the United States.

Innocence has a single voice that can only say over and over again, "I didn't do it." Guilt has a thousand voices, all of them lies.

What I am is a father, a grandfather, a great grandfather, and an artist. I am a man who loves his people and wants to go home.

My continued incarceration has served some good purposes. My defense committee has served as a training ground for other organizers in their defense of freedom and justice.

I would like to say prison life at its very best and worst infinitely sucks.

I have absolutely no regrets in life except regrets for the things I didn’t do when I had the chance ~ Donald Pillai

The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.

Silence has many advantages…I write and draw in my notebook and I read anything I please.

We are as much as we see. Faith is sight and knowledge. The hands only serve the eyes.

May we dedicate our lives to serving the Lord and not worry about offending the devil.

Writing music is just something that I was born to do.

Spiritual teaching must always be by symbols.

Those of us who are Christians believe Jesus Christ is the only one who can redeem us.

I kept the same suit for six years and the same dialogue. They just changed the title of the picture and the leading lady.

Nothing outside yourself can cause any trouble. You yourself make the waves in your mind. If you leave your mind as it is, it will become calm. This mind is called big mind.