"Chimerical and empty being, your name alone has caused more blood to flow on the face of the earth than any political war ever will."

"I have spent my life in prisons, and I have found the solitude to be a great source of inspiration."

"It is not by the force of the lash that one brings down a human being to the level of the beast."

"The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool."

"Let there be no doubt of it: religions are the cradles of despotism."