Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.

I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.

Work is undoubtedly worship but laughter is life. Anyone who takes life too seriously must prepare himself for a miserable existence. Anyone who greets joy and sorrows with equal facility can really get the best of life.

It is better to travel well than to arrive.

The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

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.

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the meaning of realising Him.

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?