We cannot blame other people for our troubles. We are not victims of the influx of foreign people into South Africa. We must remember that it was mainly due to the aggressive and hostile policies of the apartheid regime that the economic development of our neighbours was undermined.

Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Our society needs to re-establish a culture of caring.

The path of those who preach love, and not hatred, is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns.

The impression that you are a demigod worried me. I wanted to be like an ordinary human being with virtues and vices.

As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.