For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy; there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon.

Poetry cannot block a bullet or still a sjambok, but it can bear witness to brutality-thereby cultivating a flower in a graveyard.

Even behind prison walls I can see the heavy clouds and the blue sky over the horizon

I was called a terrorist yesterday... Today I am admired by the very people who said I was one.

I understand that the legal position is under review in South Africa and that there will soon be a broader set of organizations to which donors can give and claim tax deductions.

No matter what the past has dealt you, don't let it destroy your future.

One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.