Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.  

It took me a long time to realize that you have to have a bit of an interlanguage with actress. You have to give them something that they can act with.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. 

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. 

The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

If you're white and you're wrong, then you're wrong; if you're black and you're wrong, you're wrong. People are people. Black, blue, pink, green - God make no rules about color; only society make rules where my people suffer, and that why we must have redemption and redemption now.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

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.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellow men.

Inspiration can hit you in the head at any time in any context. It could happen in a conversation. Talking to someone at a party, you can get an idea. But you've got to remember those inspirations.