From now on you must pray for your people and yourself three times a day.

I am a revolutionary; my life is dedicated to freeing the people.

Everything Mengistu has done since 1977 has been to place himself in a position of uncontestable power. Neither Haile Selassie nor any of the previous emperors had this insatiable thirst for power.

Mengistu is a barbaric and cruel creature who becomes happy with the death of human beings.

We thought that the proletariat would eventually run the world. But it is the Americans who have assumed that position... The American people have changed.

Ethiopia did not have the same problem [of corruption]. African leaders looked at us with envy.

Who knows if you’re alive anymore, but better yet, who knows if I’m even alive anymore?

Como se reparten el sol en el naranjo las naranjas?How do the oranges divide up sunlight in the orange tree?

Only God knows the future and that we are to look to Him—not to the stars or the tea leaves or the lines on the palms of our hands—for our confidence in the future.

We were old sinners - but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore.

I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way.

I never went to university. I'm self-educated. I didn't go because I was too impatient, too arrogant.

For all Men would be Cowards if they durst: And Honesty's against all common Sense.

At first you might find that nothing happens there. But if you have a sacred space and use it, eventually something will happen. Your sacred space is where you find yourself again and again.

As long as you keep getting born, it's alright to die some times.

I don't think any of us really knows why we're here. But I think we're supposed to believe we're here for a purpose.