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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.

If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important and you do that by being genuine and humble.

The power of education extends beyond the development of skills; it is an instrument of empowerment and a means for addressing social injustices.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

Leaders must be willing to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people.

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.

There can be no greater gift than that of giving one's time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.

I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people.

I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations.

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.

Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made, and can be removed by the actions of human beings.

There is no passion to be found playing small