If in my fight I can encourage even some people to understand and to abandon policies they now so blindly follow, I shall not regret any punishment I may incur.

As there is oppression of the majority such oppression will be fought with increasing hatred.

I can no longer serve justice in the way I have attempted to do during the past 30 years - I can do it only in the way I have now chosen.

The glaring injustice is there for all who are not blinded by prejudice to see.

I wish you to inform the Court that my absence, though deliberate, is not intended in any way to be disrespectful. Nor is it prompted by any fear of the punishment which might be inflicted on me.

Whatever labels may be attached to the fifteen charges brought against me, they all arise from my having been a member of the Communist Party and from my activities as a member.

I engaged upon those activities because I believed that, in the dangerous circumstances which have been created in South Africa, it was my duty to do so.

The literal meaning of life is whatever you're doing that prevents you from killing yourself.

The strongest man is the one who stands most alone.

there are few things harder to imagine than other people’s conversations about yourself.

When it comes down to competition, its not always about the best skater, its about who skates the best in that competition.

With my busy schedule, my friends consist of my immediate family and the people I work with!

The mad is either insane or he is composing verses.

You can do the same thing with $20 million that you would do with $50 million. So at a certain point in your life and in your career, you realise that it's not about the money.

There is a difference between grace and mercy. Mercy is the decision of God not to punish us. But grace is the decision of God to save and bless us.

Government is a necessary evil

Daring to me is having courage; it's a daily meditation to take breath and find strength.