The curious beauty about African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad story.
It's not our weaknesses that frighten us. It's our strengths.
You encourage people by seeing the good in them.
I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world.
A garden was one of the few thing in prison that one could control. To plant a seed, watch it grow, to tend it then harvest it, offered a simple but enduring satisfaction. The sense of being the custodian of this small patch of earth offered a taste of freedom.
We should never forget those on whose shoulders we stand and those who paid the supreme price for freedom.