I think there's every reason this 21st century will be much happier.

There are grey areas in every relationship.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

As an attorney, I could be rather flamboyant in court. I did not act as though I were a black man in a white man's court, but as if everyone else - white and black - was a guest in my court. When trying a case, I often made sweeping gestures and used high-flown language.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll react. But if you say, 'We want peace, we want stability,' we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society.

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. 

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does become tainted.