The human being is to be respected and defended, not protected like a bird or a river.

We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism.

This world's not going to change unless we're willing to change ourselves.

What I treasure most in life is being able to dream. During my most difficult moments and complex situations I have been able to dream of a more beautiful future.

I am like a drop of water on a rock. After drip, drip, dripping in the same place, I begin to leave a mark, and I leave my mark in many people's hearts.

We have learned that change cannot come through war. War is not a feasible tool to use in fighting against the oppression we face. War has caused more problems. We cannot embrace that path.

We say no to the peace that keeps us on our knees, no to the peace that keeps us in chains, no to the false peace that denies the values and contributions of our peoples.

... only those of us who carry our cause in our hearts are willing to run the risks.

The people are the only ones capable of transforming society.

I wish that a conscious sense of peace and a feeling of human solidarity would develop in all peoples.

There is not one world for man and one for animals, they are part of the same one and lead parallel lives.

As I pen these words to leave a lasting record, I wonder myself where it all began.

Sane people did what their neighbours did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them.

I respect you as my king, and I respect you as my father, but I do not respect you as a man!

It's hard to save the world when you can't save yourself

She is the weakness you think of as strength while I am the strength you have no idea is there.

There's a lot of interesting words, nomenclatures, in science.

You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life. You are the sum of your influences. The German writer Goethe said, "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love."

Make ones center of life inside ones self, not selfishly or excludingly, but with a kind of unassailable serenity.

It is impossible for a man who is bogged to extricate another who is bogged.

Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses.