You have a limited time to stay on earth. You must try to use that period for the purpose of transforming your country into what you desire it to be: a democratic, non-racial, non-sexist country. And that is a great task.

The world remains beset by so much human suffering, poverty and deprivation. It is in your hands to make of our world a better one for all, especially the poor, vulnerable and marginalised.

The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us.

We should never forget those on whose shoulders we stand and those who paid the supreme price for freedom.

I told my cellmates about the oppression of the whites and apartheid. I helped organize hunger strikes and the like in my prison.

It generally appears outlandish until its carried out.

I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs, however much I may be proud of such customs.