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

I went as an observer, not a participant, for I do not think that I ever spoke. I wanted to understand the issues under discussion, evaluate the arguments, see the calibre of the men involved.

One of the most difficult things is not to change society - but to change yourself.

In all disputes, a point is arrived at where no party, no matter how right or wrong it might have been at the start of that dispute, will any longer be totally in the right or totally in the wrong. Such a point I believe, has been reached in this debate... Let us not equivocate. A tragedy of unprecedented proportions is unfolding in Africa.

If you make one gift this year, make it the gift of knowledge.

If you are stimulated by what you do, you never get tired

A government which uses force to maintain its rule teaches the oppressed to use force to oppose it.