Social networks are an incredible new tool which enables me to speak directly to large numbers of people. It is at the cutting edge of personal interaction around the world.

In essence, the education department argues that the quality of the education children receive is irrelevant, as long as someone stands in front of the class.

For the ANC to cry 'sabotage' the night before crucial local government elections shows just how desperate they are to disguise their incompetence and mismanagement.

We will see at the end of the day. I don't like to speculate. Our goal in this election is to do better than in the last one.

The internet must be used to maximise open communication and we should encourage the expansion of its use.

Connecting with people is an important part of my role [as a politician].

All technological breakthroughs start with a small "elite". Think about cellphones, for example. Now just about everyone has one. The same will happen to innovations such as Twitter.

In life, we must first learn to crawl, then stand, then walk, then run, and only then, fly. We cannot crawl into flying.

To be given the opportunity to help shape new artists' careers and mentor them to see their dreams come to fruition is a task I welcome with open arms.

You could be writing the book that changes your life.

You can’t change what you haven’t realized yet. Once you realize what you were asleep to, the change happens on its own.

Habits are products of our choice; we are what we make of ourselves.

Death is a name for beauty not in use.

In the society of illusion, reality must manifest itself. The story songs of Joel Rafael are that manifestation... the essence of minstrel.

Well all tai chi has the martial aspect to it, a lot of people don't know, a lot of the teachers won't show it, or they do show it but you don't really learn it, what the application is.

We can speak without voice to the trees and the clouds and the waves of the sea. Without words they respond through the rustling of leaves and the moving of clouds and the murmuring of the sea.

Remembering is a great invention of the mind.