Living isn't just about doing for yourself,but what you do for others as well.

A movement without vision would be a movement without moral foundation.

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife. But the problems are such that for anybody with a conscience who can use whatever influence he may have to try to bring about peace, it's difficult to say no.

Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.

What we did was to try and exploit that spirit [the idea of giving], which was there even before I approached individual South Africans [to give to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund]. I think we must start from that angle.

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

My family is very large. 42 million.