في مذكراته," الطريق الطويل للحرية" كتب ان سبب نجاته خلال تلك السنين من الاسر انه قرر ان ينظر دائما الى مضطهده على انه انسان على انه انسان
In his memoirs, "Long Road to Freedom," he wrote that he survived during those years of captivity because he always decided to look upon his oppressor as also being a human being, also being a human being.