Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the entire African nation. I hoped then that life might offer me the opportunity to serve my people and make my own humble contribution to their freedom struggle.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.

The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall.

Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.

The foundation of nation building rests on education.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point the way to a more comprehensive theory in which it lives on as a limiting case.