Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.

Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.

To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.

I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.

Women sometimes go too far, it's true. But it's only when you go too far that others listen.

To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.

There’s a fine line between child-like – learning as a child does, the natural way we learn most stuff – and being child-ish.

The real heroes are the librarians and teachers who at no small risk to themselves refuse to lie down and play dead for censors.

It would be great to just be able to ignore everything and pitch to a spot, to suppress the intellect and let the intuition take over.

An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.

I completely lost everything, but I gained everything because I lost the fear.

I basically look at PR as something you do if there's an object in mind. But my ego doesn't need it.

Movement helps keep me centered. I am a disaster, for instance, at sitting meditation, but I'm pretty decent at walking meditation.

Where you can never sleep because of noisy brain.No matter how tired you are. It's impossible to accomplish anything but lying here in bed. Frustrated and victimized at three in the morning.

memories should be sharp when one has nothing else to live for