When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

I never lose. Either I win or learn.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

Art is excitement which if we can't create ourselves, we can at least, through love of it, make available to others.

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.

Why had it been left for a stranger to reveal him to himself?

Everybody is on something these days. It's a racket. Overprescribing, masking the problem.

If there is a soul, it is a mistake to believe that it is given to us fully created. It is created here, throughout a whole life. And living is nothing else but that long and painful bringing forth.

One of the greatest struggles of the healing process is to forgive both yourself and others and to stop expending valuable energy on the past hurts.

The reason that I'm considered to be prolific is just because I'm a good listener. It literally is me taking dictation when I write. I'm listening and typing as fast as I'm hearing the words.

This idea that you're a successful tough guy if you evade taxes and deceive the state has got to change.

New York City was the world's biggest vibrator. Everything vibrated above, and below the streets.

A healthy body attends to the pain of the weakest part.