There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship. Many people will appear to befriend you when you are wealthy, but precious few will do the same when you are poor. If wealth is a magnet, poverty is a kind of repellent. Yet, poverty often brings out the true generosity in others.

You negotiate in bad faith if you do not forgive your adversary.

It's in your hands to make the world a better place.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

An organisation can only carry out its mandate if there is discipline, and where there is no discipline there can be no real progress

Hating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.