If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Desmond. Tutu.

I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size..

Miriam. Makeba.

I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys… the ever changing seasons that define the face of our native land.

Thabo. Mbeki.

South Africa gives me a perspective of what’s real and what’s not real. So I go back.. to both lose myself and gain awareness of myself.

Dave. Matthews.

When time and space and change converge, we find Place.. Place is peace of mind and understanding.”

Abdullah. Ibrahim.

For you in the West to hear the phrase ‘All men are created equal’ is to draw a yawn. For us, it’s a miracle.. South Africa does have soul.

Athol. Fugard.

In dancing with the enemy one follows his steps even if counting under one’s breath.

Breyten. Breytenbach.

You can’t have humour without offending somebody. Every joke offends somebody down the line.

Robert. Kirby.

South Africa is blessed to have women and men like yourselves who have little to give but give what you have with open hands and open hearts.

Mangosuthu. Buthelezi.

For you in the West to hear the phrase ‘All men are created equal’ is to draw a yawn. For us, it’s a miracle.. South Africa does have soul.

Athol. Fugard.