We learn a lot from the mistakes of others, but even more from our own.
Secret thoughts are only half free: they fly undisturbed in the skies of the inner freedom, but they can never leave them.
Your identity is like your shadow: not always visible and yet always present.
When you would suffocate or ignore dissent, remember how many times you dissented.
A secret remains a secret until you make someone promise never to reveal it.
Personal dignity is to be measured with the yardstick of one's conscience, not with that of other people's judgement.