Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

I think the self-burning itself on practice of non-violence. These people, you see, they easily use bomb explosive, more casualty people. But they didn't do that. Only sacrifice their own life. So this also is part of practice of non-violence.

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Freedom is not given - it is taken

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.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible. 

Common Sense is the realized sense of proportion.

Knowledge is a body of information.

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.