We need a fundamental change of mindset with regards to the way we speak and behave about sex and sexuality. Boys and men have a particularly critical role in this regard, changing the chauvinist and demeaning ways sexuality and women were traditionally dealt with in both our actions and speaking.

I have often wondered whether a person is justified in neglecting his own family to fight for opportunities for others.

The United States of America is a threat to world peace.

There are people here [in South Africa] who, whatever the debate is on a particular issue, their dominating idea is that at the end of the debate we must emerge stronger than we were before and closer to one another.

Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.

There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.

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