“Let us imagine a number of men in chains, and all condemned to death, where some are killed each day in the sight of the others, and those who remain see their own fate in that of their fellows, an...”

“Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.”

“Do you wish men to speak well of you? Then never speak well of yourself.”

“Imagination disposes of everything it creates beauty justice and happiness which is everything in this world.”

“If the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter the whole face of the earth would have been changed.”

“I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter.”

“Love is a force unto itself, sayyidi. For love, people consider the unthinkable...and often achieve the impossible. I would not sneer at its power.”

“Repression by brute force is always a confession of the inability to make use of the better weapons of the intellectbetter because they alone give promise of final success.”

“Perhaps not willingly, but pain can make a man do things he wouldn't willingly do.”