The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption for the black people of the world.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

Indeed, we're strongest when the face of America isn't only a soldier carrying a gun but also a diplomat negotiating peace, a Peace Corps volunteer bringing clean water to a village, or a relief worker stepping off a cargo plane as floodwaters rise.

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

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections. 

Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.

Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies

Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.