Poverty is not natural; it is man-made

I told my cellmates about the oppression of the whites and apartheid. I helped organize hunger strikes and the like in my prison.

I am the captain of my soul.

The real meaning of the spoken word has to be demonstrated by practical deeds

My dream would be a multicultural society, one that is diverse and where every man, woman and child are treated equally. I dream of a world where all people of all races work together in harmony.

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

In some ways, I saw the garden as a metaphor for certain aspects of my life. A leader must also tend his garden; he, too, plants seeds, and then watches, cultivates, and harvests the results. Like the gardener, a leader must take responsibility for what he cultivates; he must mind his work, try to repel enemies, preserve what can be preserved, and eliminate what cannot succeed.