"History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. It's one of the ways of dealing with our world with impossible generalities which we couldn't live without"

"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans"

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action"

"The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible"

"There are no gains without pains"

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible"

"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own"

"There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface"