In many respects, people on the outside suffered more than those of us in jail. In prison, we ate three times a day, we had clothing, we had free medical services, and we could sleep for 12 hours.

You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself.

Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.

Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strenthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul, and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all.

The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

When we can sit in the face of insanity or dislikes and be free from the need to make it different, then we are free.