I realized quickly what Mandela and Tambo meant to ordinary Africans. It was a place where they could come and find a sympathetic ear and a competent ally, a place where they would not be either turned away or cheated, a place where they might actually feel proud to be represented by men of their own skin color.

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. 

A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.

Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn.

The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.

A country’s greatness lies in its undying ideals of love and sacrifice that inspire the mothers of the race.

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new. 

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.