I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all.

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.

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

The best thing about books is that you don’t need passwords to open them and a battery to read them.

Trump is a national disgrace and an international pariah.

A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.

Apart from life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla.

Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.