We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful: those in command of immense market power and those who dare to fashion the world in their own image.

I have always endeavoured to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion.

If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important - and you do that by being genuine and humble.

It only seems impossible until it's done.

We must nurture tolerance, collective wisdom, and democracy.

We forgive but not forgotten

Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul.