“إذا كُنت تُريد معرفة الشعب ، ولن تتمتع بفهم الحياة - حياة البشر . ليست تلك البنايات الأثرية سوى جمال جامد .. لكن روح الشعب وصفاته تسكن في العجائز ، وفي عابر سبيل تتحدث معه ”

“Be realistic, demand the impossible!”

“What do we leave behind when we cross each frontier? Each moment seems split in two: melancholy for what was left behind and the excitement of entering a new land.”

“When asked whether or not we are Marxists, our position is the same as that of a physicist, when asked if he is a “Newtonian” or of a biologist when asked if he is a “Pasteurian.”

“One has to grow hard but without ever losing tenderness.”

“Jika hati anda bergetar melihat penindasan maka lawanlah sebab diam adalah bentuk penghianatan”

“Hay que ser duro pero jamas perder la ternura.[It is necessary to be hard but never to lose the tenderness]”