I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

 Plan for the future but don’t starve yourself to death in the process.

National interest and the interest of the people in power may be at loggerheads at times.

Insomnia works like slow poison on our body.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

Revolution did not necessarily involve sanguinary strife. It was not a cult of bomb and pistol. They may sometimes be mere means for its achievement.

When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I become a lawyer.

Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right. 

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.