I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
Forget the past.
Political division, based on color, is entirely artificial; and when it disappears, so will the domination of one color group by another.
If the ANC does to you what the apartheid government did to you, then you must do to the ANC what you did to the apartheid government.
Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
Fools multiply when wise men are silent.
If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important – and you do that by being genuine and humble.
Freedom can never be taken for granted. Each generation must safeguard it and extend it. Your parents and elders sacrificed much so that you should have freedom without suffering what they did. Use this precious right to ensure that the darkness of the past never returns.
Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.
Our hope is that the elementary reading of comics will lead to the joy of reading good books.
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.
If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.
Safety and security don’t just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.
A man who takes away another man’s freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow mindedness.
Abject poverty is demeaning, is an assault on the dignity of those that suffer it. In the end it demeans us all. It makes the freedom of all of us less meaningful.
Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair.
The path of those who preach love, and not hatred, is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns.
The impression that you are a demigod worried me. I wanted to be like an ordinary human being with virtues and vices.