Each of us, as citizens, has a role to play in creating a better world for our children

I enjoyed the discipline and solitariness of long-distance running, which allowed me to escape from the hurly-burly of school life.

When I went to jail, I was a trained lawyer. And when the wardens received letters of demands or summonses, they didn't have the resources to go to an attorney to help them. I would help them settle their cases, so they became attached to me and the other prisoners.

It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people.

I have always admired men and women who used their talents to serve the community, and who were highly respected and admired for their efforts and sacrifices, even though they held no office whatsoever in government or society.

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

There are people here [in South Africa] who, whatever the debate is on a particular issue, their dominating idea is that at the end of the debate we must emerge stronger than we were before and closer to one another.