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.

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.

We know what needs to be done - all that is missing is the will to do it.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before.

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.

Tread softly, Brathe peacefully, Laugh hysterically.

Nothing is black or white.

It is always impossible until it is done.

One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.

Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors

Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.