“In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.”

Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.

One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.

I want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I was wrong in sincerity.

To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.

The price of freedom is death.

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.

You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.

History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.

Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.

A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.

So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.

The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.

You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

My sincerity is my credentials.

You’re always you, and that doesn’t change, and you’re always changing, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

New thoughts and hopes were whirling through my mind, and all the colors of my life were changing.

She would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.

My heart is beating, and I’m breathing, and nothing anybody has ever done has changed that.

Karma means that you can change your destiny, not simply be ruled by it.

The mind is a powerful instrument. Every thought, every emotion that you create changes the very chemistry of your body.

The change you’re afraid of could be the start of better days.

I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.