There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.
Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.
Where you stand depends on where you sit.
A winner is a dreamer who never gives up
I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.
A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the en...
I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.
Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.
If I preached unity, I must act like a unifier, even at the risk of perhaps alienating some of my own colleagues.
I am the captain of my soul.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.
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.
Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of fre...
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.