If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.

A jug fills drop by drop.

Nay, do not grieve the' life be full of sadness, Dawn will not veil her splendour for your grief, Nor spring deny their bright, appointed beauty To lotus blossoms and Ashoka leaf.

Our conscience is like an alarm bell.

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.

I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself.

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. 

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the entire African nation. I hoped then that life might offer me the opportunity to serve my people and make my own humble contribution to their freedom struggle.