A poverty-stricken nation with a great art is a greater nation than a wealthy nation with a poverty-stricken art.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

God is not looking for people who act like Christians. He wants us to be Christians! The word Christian means "anointed or Christlike one." Jesus did not go around "being good"; he went around "doing good" and releasing all who were oppressed. What has he anointed you to do?

Work for Swaraj fails to appeal to us because we have no music in us.

At fifty the madwoman in the attic breaks loose, stomps down the stairs, and sets fire to the house. She won't be imprisoned anymore.

Only to those who have been in prison does freedom have such a great meaning.

I was taught, growing up, that there are two ends of the political spectrum: left and right. But there's so much more than that. For me, it's about liberty versus authoritarianism.

There is no shame in being the object of a crime. You did not choose to be the object.

Art is to console those who are broken by life.

Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.

I started with this idea in my head, "There's two things I've got a right to, death or liberty."

The loss of liberty to a generous mind is worse than death.