If you can, help others; if you can't do that, at least don't harm them.

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical things to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.

No real change in history has ever been achieved by discussion.

Laughter is America's most important export.

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

You reach a point where you don't work for money.

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill

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.