It is music and dancing that make me at peace with the world.

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

If we are to accomplish anything in this world, it will in equal measure be due to the work and achievements of others.

One effect of sustained conflict is to narrow our vision of what is possible. Time and time again, conflicts are resolved through shifts that were unimaginable at the start.

On the The AIDS Epidemic: This is a war. It has killed more people than has been the case in all previous wars and in all previous natural disasters ... We must not continue to be debating, to be arguing, when people are dying.

There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested.