In all disputes, a point is arrived at where no party, no matter how right or wrong it might have been at the start of that dispute, will any longer be totally in the right or totally in the wrong. Such a point I believe, has been reached in this debate... Let us not equivocate. A tragedy of unprecedented proportions is unfolding in Africa.

Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye could actually see.

Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.

As we judge others so are we judged by others. The suspicious will always be tormented by suspicion.

Like all Xhosa children, I acquired knowledge mainly through observation. We were meant to learn through imitation and emulation, not through questions. When I first visited the homes of whites, I was often dumbfounded by the number and nature of questions that children asked of their parents-and their parents' unfailing willingness to answer them. In my household, questions were considered a nuisance; adults imparted information as they considered necessary.

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.