The universities are available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs.

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?

Soccer isn't the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it is often more deeply felt than religion, and just as much a part of the community's fabric, a repository of traditions.

Let an eagle's stance in life be your stance too: Noble and powerful!

Compassion nourishes the wilted heart.

The spirits of children are remote and wise...

I grew up in a very suburban neighborhood, so I was used to everything being safe and lovely.

A good deal is a state of mind.

Our best problem-solving resource is peace. Solutions arise easily and naturally out of a peaceful state.

My mother answers all my fan mail.

It is the sun that shares our works. The moon shares nothing. It is a sea.