I went as an observer, not a participant, for I do not think that I ever spoke. I wanted to understand the issues under discussion, evaluate the arguments, see the calibre of the men involved.

Hope is a powerful weapon, and (one) no one power on earth can deprive you of.

Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.

It is most unusual to return to a place that has changed in ways you yourself have altered.

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.

I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate. Even as a boy, I defeated my opponents without dishonoring them.

You encourage people by seeing the good in them.