Most of us have made the mistake that after they crossed the Red Sea they spent 40 years in the wilderness fighting amongst each other.

One of the things that people sense is that you are not doing this for self-glorification, you are doing it for the sake of others. The Dalai Lama has been in exile for so many years, yet the Chinese are running scared of him.

It's a fantastic thing, a very simple idea. Irrespective of your politics, of your culture, of your race, of your whatever, hierdie ding doen ons saam...Here is one thing that can unite us irrespective of all of the things that are trying to tear us apart.

I want my commitment to ending girl marriage to be equal to my commitment to ending apartheid.

I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people.

We are going to have to be very careful that we give people the hope that freedom is actually better than unfreedom.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.