'Tis better to bear the ills we have, than fly to others that we know not of.

Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

History is written by the victors.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted, and behold, service was joy.

Our success, educationally, industrially and politically, is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but in Africa.

As human beings our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

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