Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June

Once we know and are aware, we are responsible for our action and our inaction. We can do something about it or ignore it. Either way, we are still responsible.

This [service to oppressed] is the writer's task, and, if he fulfills it as he should, he acquires no merit from it.

I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.

If you begin by saying, 'Thou shalt not lie,' there is no longer any possibility of political action.