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

Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old. 

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

From the beginning, Mandela and Tambo was besieged with clients. We were not the only African lawyers in South Africa, but we were the only firm of African lawyers. For Africans, we were the firm of first choice and last resort.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.

Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night. Henry Ford A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it. 

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet, and the causes and prevention of disease.

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the meaning of realising Him.