Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence.

Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man.

Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence.

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.

Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence.

The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It is harmful.