The human being is to be respected and defended, not protected like a bird or a river.

unless a religion springs from within the people themselves, it is a weapon of the system.

We have learned that change cannot come through war. War is not a feasible tool to use in fighting against the oppression we face. War has caused more problems. We cannot embrace that path.

I wish that a conscious sense of peace and a feeling of human solidarity would develop in all peoples.

I think that if one's role doesn't correspond to what one says, if one's life doesn't correspond to what one preaches, if one is not true to one's people, someone else will come as a substitute.

There is not one world for man and one for animals, they are part of the same one and lead parallel lives.

... only those of us who carry our cause in our hearts are willing to run the risks.