When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I become a lawyer.

COVID-19 has proved that death is no longer an equalizer

A theory must be tempered with reality.

The engineering is long gone in most PC companies. In the consumer electronics companies, they don't understand the software parts of it. And so you really can't make the products that you can make at Apple anywhere else right now. Apple's the only company that has everything under one roof.

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

I was lucky - I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years, Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees.

No force on earth can dislodge democracy and rule forever.

We live in the world when we love it.

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.