It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela.

There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral.

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.

Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

Be ashamed not of being single, or, unemployed. That comes standard.

I have about 50 guitars around the house. I can't take more than a few steps without finding one to pick up.

No matter how organized your ducks are, life can turn on 2 seconds. So, you can't keep on waiting. Because, if you keep on waiting, it's gone.

Liquor is such a nice substitute for facing adult life.

Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this button? Ford Prefect: I wouldn't- Arthur Dent: Oh. Ford Prefect: What happened? Arthur Dent: A sign lit up, saying 'Please do not press this button again.

I'm pro-death penalty, but what I have not seen is anybody that would mock someone on death row.

Tyranny and anarchy are alike incompatible with freedom, security, and the enjoyment of opportunity.

People will tell you that you cant do it, no matter what you are trying to do, so you just have to really keep at it.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

It is the evil in man that makes democracy necessary, and man's belief in justice that makes democracy possible.