If religious feeling is put in opposition to social change, then it does become an opium, but if it is joined to the struggle for social change then it is a wonderful medicine.

I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.

Capitalism has neither the capacity, nor the morality, nor the ethics to solve the problems of poverty.

Condemn me, it does not matter: history will absolve me.

We must establish a new world order based on justice, on equity, and on peace.

One of the greatest benefits of the revolution is that even our prostitutes are college graduates.

It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and a plan of action.

If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal.

...quality of life lies in knowledge, in culture. Values are what constitute true quality of life, the supreme quality of life, even above food, shelter and clothing.

The first thing dictators do is finish free press, to establish censorship. There is no doubt that a free press is the first enemy of dictatorship.

There is talk of the failure of socialism, and where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and in Latin America?

Evil is something you need to fight until it ceases trying to control you.

A woman's assets are her infectious smile and bulletproof love.

Self-help courses will only help you if they teach you to pay attention to life itself.

My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.

I think walking is very useful, like sleeping and dreaming, as something that's important to my ability to write.

[Indira Gandhi] answered cautiously at first. Then she opened up like a flower and the conversation flowed along without obstacles, in mutual sympathy.

I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!

Death is just a change in lifestyles.

When the mind grasps the universe, the senses retreat.

The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.