The Nobel Peace Prize opened up a door in my heart.

I could listen to the radio and I had access to books from time to time. Not all the time.

You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.

As you look at me and listen to me, please remember the often repeated truth that one prisoner of conscience is one too many.

By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.

The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.

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.