In the 1940s, traveling for an African was a complicated process. All Africans over the age of sixteen were compelled to carry 'Native passes' issued by the Native Affairs Department and were required to show that pass to any white policeman, civil servant, or employer. Failure to do so could mean arrest, trial, a jail sentence or fine.

Manpower without unity is not a strength unless it is harmonized and united properly, then it becomes a spiritual power.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

I have just got a new theory of eternity.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Being humble could be dangerous. Humility may be mistaken for submission.

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

It is better to carry your raincoat during monsoon even if it does not rain when you go out.

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. 

India can live without nuclear weapons. That's our dream, and it should be the dream of the U.S. also.

Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.