The generation that destroys the environment is not the generation that pays the price. That is the problem.

You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it water, and make it survive. That's what makes the difference

You cannot enslave a mind that knows itself. That values itself. That understands itself.

You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own, that they must protect them.

When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.

No matter who or where we are, or what our capabilities, we are called to do the best we can.

I’m very conscious of the fact that you can’t do it alone. It’s teamwork. When you do it alone you run the risk that when you are no longer there nobody else will do it.

Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves up and kept going, and that is what I have always tried to do.

African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.

Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and then you protect.

We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!

Diminishing returns is the outcome of restriction

Takes birth in me, also, dies in debris.I am a Potpourri.A mix of dead petals, effusing divine fragrance.Walking on the journey, of controversy.I am a Potpourri.

It was heartbreaking to realize how we can fail the people we most love without even trying.

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

If you really want something you just hang with it. We think our future's ahead and not behind.

I perceive my limitations even as I work. There are times when I see nothing but restrictions, barriers. Learning takes time.

But I think that sensitivity is also a good counsellor when it comes to enforcing one's interests.

I don't know how many [South Africans] with HIV would want to take anti-retrovirals.

It is right to rebel against reactionaries.

I thought I'd definitely be a writer, whatever I did.