The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.

Freedom is not given - it is taken

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself.

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

Insomnia works like slow poison on our body.