Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.

I have to go and say farewell to all the countries that I have been to, if I can. I am 73 now, it is taxing on me.

I have one thing in common with the emerging black nations of Africa: We both have voices, and we are discovering what we can do with them.

my thoughts are like quick little fish that swim out of my grasp.

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them

For instance, we're always fighting amongst each other. Who gives us the arms? And then we become indebted to wherever we are buying them from - with what? The very resources we need to keep there.

I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit.