Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.

The curious beauty about African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad story.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

Other people have qualities that may be better than your own. Let them express them.

As long as many of our people still live in utter poverty, as long as children still live under plastic covers, as long as many of our people are still without jobs, no South African should rest and wallow in the joy of freedom.

The challenge for each one of you is to take up these ideals of tolerance and respect for others and put them to practical use in your schools, your communities and throughout your lives.

We don't have to be victims of our past, that we can let go of our bitterness, and that all of us can achieve greatness.