"If I died a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying."

"The very existence of civilization depends upon the progress of science."

"The only way to grow is to challenge yourself."

"Martyrdom does not end something, it is only a beginning."

"The world is full of people who are trying to pluck the feathers of a bird without disturbing its flight."