Where you stand depends on where you sit.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

I am sure that if somebody is giving a sum to charity, he or she should be encouraged to do so by the authorities because the spirit in which we encourage people to give has permeated our society.

Whose life testifies to the truth that there is no shame in being oppressed: Those who should be ashamed are they who oppress others.

Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.

[I] read Anne Frank's diary [while imprisoned] on Robben Island and derived much encouragement from it.

MY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world.