"It's funny the way most people love the dead. Once you are dead, you are made for life"

"The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding"

"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"

"Creating the kind of connections between people that lead to collective civic action, political expression, community dialogue, shared cultural experiences"

"The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life"

"There is more to life than increasing its speed"

"Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life"

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

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts; therefore guard accordingly"

"By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself"