I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.

We are here because we are determined to offer the people of the Western Cape choices which are long overdue.

I rejected the armed struggle because, as a Christian, I am committed to a nonviolent and peaceful struggle. But people take their own initiatives, because it is a Lebanon type of situation here.

South Africa is blessed to have women and men like yourselves who have little to give but give what you have with open hands and open hearts.

Personally, I believe in self-determination, but in the context of one South Africa - so that my self-determination is based in this region, and with my people.

The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!

I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations.

My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.

All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture.

So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.

Clearly you need a new team to go out to bat on your behalf; to fight for your rights and to report back to you personally and to the leadership of the IFP.

The biggest mistake you can ever make it to compare yourself to others. - Gideon

If a cluttered desk is an indication of a cluttered mind what is indicated by an empty desk?

It's all still there in heart and soul. The walk, the hills, the sky, the solitary pain and pleasure-they will grow larger, sweeter, lovelier in the days and years to come.

A dream is always simmering below the conventional surface of speech and reflection.

Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!

You got to go along to get along.

So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won't work out. That's my basic mindset.

He [Democritus] is probably best known for two of the most scientifically intuitive quotes ever uttered by an ancient: 'Nothing exists except atoms and space, everything else is opinion'.

Poetry teaches the enormous force of a few words, and, in proportion to the inspiration, checks loquacity.

I love "30 Rock" because Tina Fey allows me to fly over the cuckoo nest once a week.