The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn’t poor.

If people are informed they will do the right thing. It's when they are not informed that they become hostages to prejudice.

I think that the thing that we learned back in the day of the Civil Rights Movement is that you do have to keep on keeping on.

Be patient in life, knowing that there is a real possibility that the desired outcome could happen without your direct involvement.

You will see romance everywhere when your heart is dancing with love and joy.

The nature of God's plan can be difficult to fathom when you are toiling in some small corner of it, but it is glorious from above, if you allow yourself the perspective.

I have nine Grammy Awards. I wouldn't have that if I couldn't sing.

The greatest all-around American film actor is James Stewart.

They who truly come to God for mercy, come as beggars, and not as creditors: they come for mere mercy, for sovereign grace, and not for anything that is due

There is one other book, that can teach you everything you need to know about life... it's The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, but that's not enough anymore.

When things fall apart, the broken pieces allow all sorts of things to enter, and one of them is the presence of God.

Man ... feels that he is a participator in the government of affairs not merely at an election, one day in the year, but every day.

When I was a child it was very clear what I was allowed to see and what I was not allowed to see and there was no discussion or option or negotiation. Whatever my mom said, that's what went down.