The integrity of China was more important than [the people] in Tiananmen Square.

Even if there comes a time when you do not hear my voice, do not give up. Do not despair. Do not stop fighting for your freedom until you have victory!

Once a ruler becomes religious, it becomes impossible for you to debate with him. Once someone rules in the name of religion, your lives become hell.

Man's freedom is lacking if somebody else controls what he needs, for need may result in man's enslavement of man.

All of the great prophets of modern times have come from the desert and were uneducated: Mohammed, Jesus and myself.

To force a human being to learn according to a set curriculum is a dictatorial act.

Those who do not love me do not deserve to live.

A woman has the right to run for election whether she's male or female!

I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level.

[The] type of education now prevailing all over the world is directed against human freedom. State-controlled education ... deprives people of their free choice, creativity and brilliance.

We will fight in every valley, in every street, in every oasis, and every town. We won't surrender again; we are not women; we will keep fighting.

His mind was constantly thinking about her, while he decided to recite a poem that he had written for her long ago. While he narrated, the words conjured memories like ghosts into the room.

Neither compares nor competes. Be creative.

Absolute is a game with only one player where Absolute forgets itself so it would have a reason to fulfill the motion while returning.

When you finally understand the meaning of life, you come to the conclusion it has none after all

Poets, with no sponsors, no agenda, are the truest form of freedom today, bleeding out every drop of themselves for the world to either hate or devour.

I love coming of age stories that have struggle.

Few persons enjoy real liberty; we are all slaves to ideas or habits.

What we call evil, it seems to me, is simply ignorance bumping its head in the dark.

If you took music out of my life, I don't know what I'd do. It's the one thing that I have a real passion for.

Why is my needle stuck in childhood? I don't know why. I guess it's because that's where my heart is.