You encourage people by seeing the good in them.

Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die.

Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs.

AIDS today in Africa is claiming more lives than the sum total of all wars, famines and floods and the ravages of such deadly diseases as malaria ... We must act now for the sake of the world.

Press Freedom will never be under threat in South Africa for as long as the ANC is the majority party

In human affairs, no single person, organisation or social formation ever has a final or an absolutely correct position. It is through conversation, debate and critical discussion that we approach positions that may provide workable solutions.

If you don’t intend having a compromise, you don’t negotiate at all.