If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important - and you do that by being genuine and humble.

Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.

There is an absence of democratic accountability and control in every sphere of government and the state. To address this debilitating legacy requires determined action and a deep commitment to transforming our society from a crisis ridden present into something all South Africans can be truly proud of.

It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.

The freedom we enjoy is a richly textured gift handcrafted by ordinary folk

Hating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate

Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors