I found that I faced a highly complex situation, and that I couldnt hope to change it until I had armed myself with the necessary psychological and intellectual capacity. My contemplation of life and human nature in that secluded place had taught me that he who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any process.

Peace is more precious than a piece of land.

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people.

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.

I found that I faced a highly complex situation, and that I couldnt hope to change it until I had armed myself with the necessary psychological and intellectual capacity. My contemplation of life and human nature in that secluded place had taught me that he who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any process.

Real success is success with self. It's not in having things, but in having mastery, having victory over self.

Only when he has ceased to need things can a man truly be his own master and so really exist.