The history of struggle is rich with stories of heroes and heroines - some of them leaders, some of them followers, all of them deserve to be remembered.

You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.

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.

No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity

During the years I lived here, the people of Alexandra ignored tribal and ethnic distinctions. Instead of being Xhosas, or Sothos, or Zulus, or Shangaans, we were Alexandrans. We were one people, and we undermined the distinctions that the apartheid government tried so hard to impose. It saddens and angers me to see the rising hatred of foreigners.

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

The world remains beset by so much human suffering, poverty and deprivation. It is in your hands to make of our world a better one for all, especially the poor, vulnerable and marginalised.