I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn't forgive others.

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.

Whatever your reason for holding on to resentments, I know this for sure: There is none worth the price you pay in lost time.

I get weary of the European habit of taking our money, resenting any slight hint as to what they should do, and then assuming, in addition, full right to criticize us as bitterly as they may desire.

I have retired, but if there is anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.

It was ANC policy to try to educate all people, even our enemies: we believed that all men, even prison service warders, were capable of change, and we did our utmost to try to sway them.