I have voted for the ANC, but I would very sadly not be able to vote for them after the way things have gone.

The world is awful but also the world is beautiful. Human beings are awful, but ultimately human beings are tremendous.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

Forgiveness and reconciliation are not just ethereal, spiritual, other-worldly activities. They have to do with the real world. They are realpolitik, because in a very real sense, without forgiveness, there is no future.

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.

In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society.