As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.

I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.

It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build.

Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.

The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.

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.

You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

My dream would be a multicultural society, one that is diverse and where every man, woman and child are treated equally. I dream of a world where all people of all races work together in harmony.

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

One of the most difficult things is not to change society - but to change yourself.

There is no future without forgiveness

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

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.

Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people.