Contrary to popular opinion, even totalitarian dictatorships are dependent on the population and the societies they rule.

By placing confidence in violent means, one has chosen the very type of struggle with which the oppressors nearly always have superiority.

Dictatorships are never as strong as they think they are, and people are never as weak as they think they are.

You have a chance of learning -- if you want to and youre not arrogant.

Nonviolent struggle is the most powerful means available to those struggling for freedom.

As soon as you choose to fight with violence you're choosing to fight against your opponents best weapons and you have to be smarter than that.

It's a nonsense assumption that you can get rid of terrorism with war. Terrorism is taking the lives of innocent people to gain your objective. War is basically the same thing on a larger scale.

Dictators are not in the business of allowing elections that could remove them from their thrones.

Some foreign states will act against a dictatorship only to gain their own economic, political, or military control over the country.

Thinking can be done best when you’re in that state of mind where nothing can slip under the radar and destroy your concentration.

When you start to focus on your daily positive experiences, you would surely come to realize that there is always something to be thankful for each day.

Stay in the middle of the bell-curve of social norms and follow along, or you will find out the about freedom you never had.

All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived.

People looked to Kurt Cobain because his songs captured what they felt before they knew they felt it.

Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times, but the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top.

It helps if you really enjoy your jobs. If you don't, then just think about the money.

Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real sufis just laugh: nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl

With families and music, you're usually looking for something that can make you unique.

Dreams, books, are each a world.