No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.

In order to build our nation, we must all exceed our own expectations.

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task will not be easy. But not to do this would be a crime against humanity, against which I ask all humanity now to rise up.

The curious beauty about African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad story.

An educated, enlightened & informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy

As long as many of our people still live in utter poverty, as long as children still live under plastic covers, as long as many of our people are still without jobs, no South African should rest and wallow in the joy of freedom.

It always seems impossible until its done.