I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.

It's not surprising that truly humanitarian manifestos originate frequently in minority circles or with people whose consciences are troubled by the problems of minorities.

If life has no meaning, why don't we create a meaning for it?

The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions.

In the calculus of good deeds you have the most to gain.

Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.

Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body.