No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God. 

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

I was first imprisoned in Pretoria, and then, thereafter, I was taken to Robben Island. I stayed there for a couple of weeks. I was taken back to Pretoria when I was charged in the Rivonia trial, when I was then sent to Robben Island for life.

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.

If you are poor, you are not likely to live long.

Sabotage did not involve loss of life, and it offered the best hope for future race relations. Bitterness would be kept to a minimum and, if the policy bore fruit, democratic government could become a reality.

Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enrich your soul.

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the entire African nation. I hoped then that life might offer me the opportunity to serve my people and make my own humble contribution to their freedom struggle.

Even if you have a terminal disease, you don't have to sit down and more. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have.

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do. 

I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.

Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been forced to fulfill themselves.

By ancestry, I was born to rule.

Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.

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

I became the Dalai Lama not on a voluntary basis.