I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs, however much I may be proud of such customs.

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.

I admire young people who are concerned with the affairs of their community and nation perhaps because I also became involved in struggle whist I was still at school.

As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion. Oftentimes, my own opinion will simply represent a consensus of what I heard in the discussion. I always remember the axiom; a leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.

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

Do not allow your anger to control your reason, but rather your reason to control your anger.