It is important to not be hostile to what a greater part of society has embraced, whether as Christians, Hindus or Muslims. It is important to respect that because whether you believe or not in the existence of a superior being, humanity does believe in that.

No single person can liberate a country. You can only liberate a country if you act as a collective.

Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.

My dream would be a multicultural society, one that is diverse and where every man, woman and child are treated equally. I dream of a world where all people of all races work together in harmony.

The brave man is not the one who has no fears, he is the one who triumphs over his fears.

What we did was to try and exploit that spirit [the idea of giving], which was there even before I approached individual South Africans [to give to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund]. I think we must start from that angle.

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