“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.”
Future“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”
Life“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.”
Future“I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.”
Time“Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.”
Freedom“Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.”
Freedom“I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.”
Art“There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.”
Government“I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.”
Great“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
Courage“If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.”
Dreams“I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.”
Society“Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.”
Peace“Forget the past.”
Movingon“Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.”
Freedom“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”
Life“I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.”
Morning“Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.”
Life“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
Wisdom“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”
Good“Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.”
Freedom“Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?”
Strength