这个奖是对南非全体人民的赞扬，特别是那些在奋斗中挣扎的人们，我是代表他们受奖。
——1993年12月获颁诺贝尔和平奖
The true measure of success is how you adapt to change.
In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
雪人在我的想象中早已存在，远早于他出现在纸上。