"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole."
"An English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was, ‘What’s your alma mater?’ I told him, ‘Books."
"لقد غيرت القراءة مجرى حياتي تغييراً جذرياً ولم أكن أهدف من ورائها الى كسب أية شهادات لتحسين مركزي وانما كنت اريد ان احيا فكريا."
"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today."
"Truth is on the side of the oppressed."
"My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity."