It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

All roads lead to Johannesburg.

One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.

Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.

It is not permissible to add to one's possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men. Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.

I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.

But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.

Where there is reflection, there is either double beauty or double ugliness!

I'm not denouncing the church, and I'm not interested in people who want me to denounce the church. It's not a church worthy of denouncing.

God has put you in this culture at this time for a reason.

We've lost a bunch on the road, I don't even know how many. It's a relief to get this one.

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

When I come clean about my brokenness, others catch glimpses of how the real grace of a real God works in the messy life of a real person.

A true brave man is the one who dares to work against personal-interest.

I never met a writer who wasn't lazy.

I was ninety-nine point nine percent sure that I was dreaming.

God gets you to the plate, but once you're there you're on your own.