When we can sit in the face of insanity or dislikes and be free from the need to make it different, then we are free.

It is my greatest wish that the Children’s Fund should continue to be a beacon of hope and light.

The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.

I understand that the legal position is under review in South Africa and that there will soon be a broader set of organizations to which donors can give and claim tax deductions.

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

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.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.