The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone, the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.

Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Write your Sad times in Sand, Write your Good times in Stone.

Islam is the best religion and Muslims are the worst followers

The idea of beauty, like a slab of magnificent marble, has crushed all possible refinement and vitality from the psychology of love.

To be a disciple of Jesus means to learn from Him, to follow Him. The cost may be high.

It's the kind of storm that only happens on the highveld, the thunder loud and rapid. Zanele doesn't speak. I need her to. Maybe she is counting the people who have died since we first met.

Canonical writing is born of an originality fused with tradition. – From the book jacket

Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad.

As a rule of thumb I say, if Socrates, Jesus and Tolstoy wouldn't do it, don't.

Despite the persistent image of the architect as a heroic loner erecting monumental edifices through sheer force of will, the building art has always been a highly cooperative enterprise.

I think it's getting tougher and tougher, all the big teams are getting stronger and there's more of them.

Did satisfy myself mighty fair in the truth of the saying that the world do not grow old at all, but is in as good condition in all respects as ever it was.

O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?