“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.”

Your past does not define you. You have the power to create a new narrative for your future.

“Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.”

Your dreams may seem impossible, but with determination and perseverance, they can become your reality.

I believe in the compelling power of love. I do not understand it. I believe it to be the most fragrant blossom of all this thorny existence.

No single person can liberate a country. You can only liberate a country if you act as a collective.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.