Each of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld - a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.

The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us.

In the end, reconciliation is a spiritual process, which requires more than just a legal framework. It has to happen in the hearts and minds of people.

The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.

I always knew that someday I would once again feel the grass under my feet and walk in the sunshine as a free man.

I have been influenced in my thinking by both west and east.

Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it.