We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.

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.

People often lose their names. Names fall into holes or get eaten by wild animals. Sometimes they’re carried away by the wind.

If you can imagine a thing, conjure it up in space then you can make it... The universe is real but you can't see it. You have to imagine it. Then you can be realistic about reproducing it.

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

I looked back at some high school journals and discovered that I definitely wanted to be a writer, but not necessarily comedy.

When a rumor doesn't go away it's not a rumor

When I was 17, I came to the U.S. to study Middle Eastern history and politics at Columbia University.

If you truly hold a stone, you can feel the mountain it came from.

Democracy is a system where people are counted not weighed.

Use the worst colour you can find in each place - it usually is the best.

You can live a wonderful life, you can love God with all your heart, and you can love your husband or wife very passionately and have a balance in your life. I live by balance.