"I looked at some of the statues of Jesus they were just stones with no life. When they said that God is three, I was puzzled even more but could not argue. I believed it, simply because I had to have respect for the faith of my parents."

"'Peace Train' is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again."

"There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion."

"In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islam's message of peace and light, and the last great Messenger, born and chosen to deliver them to all mankind."

"The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it - oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that the bonds of friendship are the true treasures of existence."

"Strive today so that tomorrow may stand upon solid ground. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Patience is not passive waiting; it is active endurance with a calm countenance. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."