“It is our duty to create a social milieu in which the young and the socially weak feel that the present and future belong to them.”

Education is a liberating force, and in our age it is also a democratizing force, cutting across the barriers of caste and class, smoothing out inequalities imposed by birth and other circumstances.

Women sometimes go too far, it’s true. But it’s only when you go too far that others listen.

My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.

A nation’ s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.

To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.

It’s the same story as when we nationalized the banks. I’m not for nationalization because of the rhetoric of nationalization, or because I see in nationalization the cure-all for every injustice. I’m for nationalization in cases where it’s necessary.

The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.

You soon realize that the peak you’ve climbed was one of the lowest, that the mountain was part of a chain of mountains, that there are still so many, so many mountains to climb And the more you climb, the more you want to climb – even though you’re dead tired.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

Just when you think you’ve achieved something, you realize you’ve achieved nothing. And still you have to go forward just the same – toward a dream so distant that your road has neither beginning nor end.

Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.

The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.

Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.

Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.

If you’re feeling low, don’t despair. The sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes back up every morning.

Make me feel at home, if you really care, scratch my back and run your pretty fingers through my hair.

I love writing songs because I love preserving memories, like putting a picture frame around a feeling you once had.

Sometimes I feel like I’m not solid. I’m hollow. There’s nothing behind my eyes. I’m a negative of a person. All I want is blackness, blackness and silence.

Empty words are evil.

I feel all shadows of the universe multiplied deep inside my skin.

Never play with the feelings of others, because you may win the game but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for life time.