I realized quickly what Mandela and Tambo meant to ordinary Africans. It was a place where they could come and find a sympathetic ear and a competent ally, a place where they would not be either turned away or cheated, a place where they might actually feel proud to be represented by men of their own skin color.

A statement is persuasive and credible either because it is directly self-evident or because it appears to be proved from other statements that are so.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.  

Hell, there are no rules here - we are trying to accomplish something.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue. 

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

Generally speaking, the Smritikaras never care to explain the why and the how of their dogs.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishmonent and the other by acts of love. Power based  love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.

The only source of knowledge is experience.

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