For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Honesty,sincer ity,simplicity, humility, pure generosity,abse nce of vanity,readines s to serve others -qualities which are within easy reach of every soul -are the foundation of one's spiritual life.

I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.

I found solitary confinement the most forbidding aspect of prison life. There is no end and no beginning; there is only one's mind, which can begin to play tricks. Was that a dream or did it really happen? One begins to question everything.

Thinking is one of the most important weapons in dealing with problems

We must appreciate that all over the world, right down the centuries, there have been great religions that have encouraged the idea of giving - of fighting poverty and of promoting the equality of human beings - whatever their background, whatever their political beliefs.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.