Materialism and commercialisation are destroying the basic human nature.

Rulers are remembered for their commitment to masses more than anything else.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. 

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together. 

Love is a better teacher than duty. 

Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him.

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.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.

The last moment is past; this moment is present; and, the next moment will be future. The past, present, and future change with every tick of the clock.