Keep your friends close - and your rivals even closer.

During the years I lived here, the people of Alexandra ignored tribal and ethnic distinctions. Instead of being Xhosas, or Sothos, or Zulus, or Shangaans, we were Alexandrans. We were one people, and we undermined the distinctions that the apartheid government tried so hard to impose. It saddens and angers me to see the rising hatred of foreigners.

It is my greatest wish that the Children’s Fund should continue to be a beacon of hope and light.

Religion is one of the most important forces in the world. Whether you are a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew, or a Hindu, religion is a great force, and it can help one have command of one's own morality, one's own behavior, and one's own attitude.

You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.

The wounds that cannot be seen are more painful than those that can be treated by a doctor.

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.