It was an old lesson learned by governments: that war solves problems of control.

We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power.

But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.

Education can, and should be, dangerous.

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.

Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

They have the guns, we have the poets. Therefore, we will win.

The problem in this world is not civil disobedience...th e problem in this world is civil obedience.

How you choose to live is one of the best indicators of the future you will have.

In the last few decades, mankind has sinned terribly against the law of natural selection. We haven't just maintained life unworthy of life, we have even allowed it to multiply.

There was never a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn't be. He is too many people if he's any good.

Two things I dislike about my granddaughter - when she won't take her afternoon nap, and when she won't let me take mine.

In any situation, location is crucial.

There is nothing to do except to be just who you are. You have the right to feel beautiful and enjoy it.

I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure.

To move Nigeria forward, we must define our interest in the Nigeria project

In love’s country, language doesn’t have its place. Love is mute.

There isn't any more that I can teach him.