Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

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

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.

Those who know how to think need no teachers. 

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

Most people have no concept of how an automatic transmission works, yet they know how to drive a car. You don't have to study physics to understand the laws of motion to drive a car. You don't have to understand any of this stuff to use Macintosh.

Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they are basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them.