We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.

It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.

Sometimes I didn't even have enough money to eat. I became so weak from malnourishment that my hair fell out, and I couldn't get out of bed.

The main aim of the [political] dialogue should be to resolve the problems of the nation, not to find who is the winner and who is the loser. That's not what it's all about. It's to try and find an answer that is acceptable to all parties concerned, which would of course require some give and take.

I've always said there's no hope without endeavor. Hope has no meaning unless we are prepared to work to realize our hopes and dreams but in order to that we do need to have friends. We need those who believe in us. Friends are those who believe in us and who want to help us whatever it is that we are trying to achieve.

Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.

I don't believe in professional dissidents. I think it's just a phase, like adolescence.