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

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.

Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.

[I] read Anne Frank's diary [while imprisoned] on Robben Island and derived much encouragement from it.

There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires

Leaders will have to give clear and decisive leadership towards a world of tolerance and respect for difference, and an uncompromising commitment to peaceful solutions of conflicts and disputes.

The death sentence is a barbaric act.