The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

We're just enthusiastic about what we do.

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. 

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

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

This is a world of action, and not for mopping and drowning in.

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.

I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. 

I was always fascinated by engineering. Maybe it was an attempt maybe to get my father's respect or interest, or maybe it was just a genetic love of technology, but I was always trying to build things.

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.