Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.

It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul.

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.

We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.

The leader personifies the certitude of the creed and the defiance and grandeur of power. He articulates and justifies the resentment damned up in the souls of the frustrated. He kindles the vision of a breath-taking future so as to justify the sacrifice of a transitory present. He stages a world of make-believe so indispensable for the realization of self-sacrifice and united action.

Many of the insights of the saint stem from his experience as a sinner.