Democracy never comes by the barrel of a gun, or by cluster bombs.

They will kill me but they will not kill my voice, because it will be the voice of all Afghan women. You can cut the flower, but you cannot stop the coming of spring.

People who look the other way when they see these war criminals are smaller criminals themselves.

Rights are not easy to obtain, and once we understand this, we must work attentively and persistently - and never become careless or lazy.

I am never frightened when I tell the truth.

Day by day, it's worse for my people, especially for the women. And that's why, because of all of these main reasons, we say this is the mockery of democracy and mockery of War on Terror.

If I should die, and you should choose to carry on my work, you are welcome to visit my grave. Pour some water on it and shout three times. I want to hear your voice.

The voice of the Soul can be heard within the silence of the unaffected mind. Listen.

I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing ways to shorten it.

There are times when I've been feeling something and played a solo that I've never been able to repeat.

To be successful you can't show up to the potluck with just a fork.

Jesus is no draughtsman of political blueprints, he is the one who vanquished evil through suffering. It looked as though evil had triumphed on the cross, but the real victory belonged to Jesus.

Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian--that is, it not only demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for ourselves.

As Americans we've gotta make sure that we begin to rebuild and get our military the resources they need to defend us.

This isn't a hunt that's going to kill just four or five gray whales. The repercussions of this will have an effect on tens of thousands of whales that will be killed by the Japanese and Norwegians.

I've discovered that every time I've reached a milestone I think I'm there, but there's another there waiting for me.