"The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend"

"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"

"The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines"

"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"

"Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling"

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

"There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will"

"Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances"

"Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities"

"Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities"

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