In prison, illusions can offer comfort.

For a revolution is not just a question of pulling a trigger; its purpose is to create a fair just society

No matter what the past has dealt you, don't let it destroy your future.

It is time for the next generations to continue our struggle against social injustice and for the rights of humanity. It is in your hands.

Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.

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

It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black. I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.