We have introduced equity into our life, including a uniform educational system. We have also introduced a Bill of Rights, which is not just a piece of paper, but a living document because we have created structures that are totally independent of the government and that can overrule the government, even the president.

The wounds that cannot be seen are more painful than those that can be treated by a doctor.

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

A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.

You negotiate in bad faith if you do not forgive your adversary.

Only 50 years ago persons with intellectual disabilities were scorned, isolated and neglected. Today, they are able to attend school, become employed and assimilate into their local community.

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.