We put our fingers in the eyes of those who doubt that Libya is ruled by anyone other than its people.

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.

I felt knowledge and the unity of the world circulate in me like my own blood.

We live in a country that used to have a can-do attitude, and now we have a 'what-can-you-do-for-me?' attitude, and what I try to do is find ways that we can develop common ground.

The sad truth is that you can have peace processes all you like, but if one side is committed to war, then it's war.

War is a crime committed by men and, therefore, when enough people say it shall not be, it cannot be.

I was so surprised. Then again, I was so relaxed in the water, it felt amazing

Sign language is the equal of speech, lending itself equally to the rigorous and the poetic, to philosophical analysis or to making love.

Perhaps if we lived with less physical beauty we would develop our true natures more.

Just because people starve in a book, doesn't mean that we will starve in the future.

Delusion: belief said to be false by someone who does not share it.

When I see my opponent, I begin to shake uncontrollably. Once he hits me, I think to myself, you just hit Wanderlei Silva, how dare you hit Wanderlei Silva. Then I try to kill them.