I have always been of opinion that all the political workers should be indifferent and should never bother about the legal fight in the law courts and should boldly bear the heaviest possible sentences inflicted upon them. They may defend themselves but always from purely political considerations and never from a personal point of view.

If you have religious faith, very good, you can add on secular ethics, then religious belief, add on it, very good. But even those people who have no interest about religion, okay, it's not religion, but you can train through education.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

You know, my main reaction to this money thing is that it's humorous, all the attention to it, because it's hardly the most insightful or valuable thing that's happened to me.

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.

Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.

He is twin-born with primal mysteries, and drinks of life at Times forgotten source.

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

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.