Truth is not merely what we are thinking, but also why, to whom and under what circumstances we say it.

It was never the people who complained of the universality of human rights, nor did the people consider human rights as a Western or Northern imposition. It was often their leaders who did so.

We fell morally ill because we became used to saying something different from what we thought.

If a single writer in a country is in chains, then there are some links of that chain that binds us all.

It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

What's certain is that a totalitarian enclave like Cuba's can't continue to exist, so change will definitely come there, eventually.

It is not enough to invent new machines, new regulations, or new institutions. We must understand differently and more perfectly the true purpose of our existence on this earth.