No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty.

Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.

To the youth of today, I also have a wish to make: be the scriptwriters of your destiny and feature yourselves as stars that showed the way towards a brighter future.

It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.

I could not imagine that the future I was walking toward could compare in any way to the past that I was leaving behind.

One of the sad realities today is that very few people, especially young people, read books. Unless we can find imaginative ways of addressing this reality, future generations are in danger of losing their history.

Learn to know yourself... to search realistically and regularly the processes of your own mind and feelings.

Part of building a new nation means building a spirit of tolerance, love and respect amongst the people of this country.

We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.

Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers.

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated. Any nation that is progressive is led by people who have had the privilege of studying.

Young people are capable, when aroused, of bringing down the towers of oppression and raising the banners of freedom.

We slaughter one another in our words and attitudes. We slaughter one another in the stereotypes and mistrust that linger in our heads, and the words of hate we spew from our lips.

Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.