"The rice grain suffers under the blow of the pestle. But admire its whiteness once the order is over. So it is with men and the world we live in. To be a man one must suffer the blows of misfortune."

"To be a revolutionary, one must be a master of patience."

"I and others may be revolutionaries but we are disciples of Mahatma Gandhi, directly or indirectly, nothing more nothing less."

"The Americans are like a big elephant, but we are like a small ant. We will gnaw away at their legs until they fall."

"If you want to understand the people, you must live with them."