“It’s a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies.”

I would rather die standing up to live life on my knees.

The true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.

One has to grow hard but without ever losing tenderness.

To accomplish much you must first lose everything.

We are overcome by anguish at this illogical moment of humanity.

The life of a single human being is worth millions of times more than all the property of the richest man on earth.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Every day People straighten up the hair, why not the heart?

Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians.

Youth should learn to think and act as a mass. It is criminal to think as individuals!

The revolution is not an apple that falls when ripe. You have to make it fall.

To execute a man we don’t need proof of his guilt. We only need proof that it’s necessary to execute him. It’s that simple.

How easy it is to govern when one follows a system of consulting the will of the people and one holds as the only norm all the actions which contribute to the well being of the people.

Every person has the truth in his heart. No matter how complicated his circumstances, no matter how others look at him from the outside, and no matter how deep or shallow the truth dwells in his heart, once his heart is pieced with a crystal needle, the truth will gush forth like a geyser.

Justice remains the tool of a few powerful interests; legal interpretations will continue to be made to suit the convenience of the oppressor powers.

The walls of the educational system must come down. Education should not be a privilege, so the children of those who have money can study.

O my Lord, whatever share of this world You have bestowed on me, bestow it to my enemies, and whatever share of the next world You have for me, give it to my friends. You are enough for me.

Love your enemies and hate your friends, your enemies remain the same your friends always change.

The battle of the sexes will never be won as long as we keep sleeping with the enemy.

If you want an enemy, the soul (nafs) is sufficient. If you want advice, death is sufficient.

I have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have made fewer enemies, but that isn’t very difficult.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Love makes money-grabbing seem contemptible; love makes class prejudice impossible; love makes selfish ambition a thing to be despised; love converts enemies into friends.