If you are feeling helpless, help someone.

Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom.

After I was released, people used to keep asking me, 'what's it like to be free? And it was very difficult for me to answer. I'd always felt free. As far as my state of mind was concerned, I didn't feel any different...People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.

One person alone can't do anything as important as bringing genuine democracy to a country.

Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.

I'm rather inclined to liking people.

People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.