Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.

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.

The greatest Church is within you, and it is made of love, courage and conscience.

As you ride in a steeplechase, and you're on the horse, going quite fast, you think, 'That's quite a big fence...' But trust the horse, and don't give him any reason to doubt you.

Because nothing is greater and we have no greater need, God gives God.

False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own.

The administration's attempt to keep us from selling agricultural products to Cuba is an outrage. Cuba is not a threat. That is why we must do more to open Cuba - not less.

Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.

Time travel is only a little less confusing than wives.

I think that sometimes the most intelligent things that prosecutors do is when they exercise their discretion not to go forward with a case.

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

They did interviews with my wife and daughter-they were genuinely in fear of me having a heart attack, working 20 hours a day, eating fast food.