Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Tell the innocent visitor from another world that two people were killed at Serajevo, and that the best that Europe could do about it was to kill eleven million more.
If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
I will not be presumptuous enough to say that my life can be a role model for anybody; but some poor child living in an obscure place in an underprivileged social setting may find a little solace in the way my destiny has been shaped. It could perhaps help such children liberate themselves from the bondage of their illusory backwardness and hopelessness.