What was everybody's business in the end proved to be nobody's business. Each one looked to the other to take the lead, and the aggressorsgot away with it.

When in doubt, do the courageous thing.

If there was to be equal manhood suffrage the whites would be swamped all over South Africa by the blacks and the whole position for which whites have striven for 200 years or more would be given up.

A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself

Democracy, with its promise of international peace, has been no better guarantee against war than the old dynastic rule of kings.

Perhaps it is God's will to lead the people of South Africa through defeat and humiliation to a better future and a brighter day.

History writes the word 'Reconciliation' over all her quarrels.

If a nation does not want a monarchy, change the nation's mind. If a nation does not need a monarchy, change the nation's needs.

Instead of the animistic, mechanistic, or the mathematical universe, we see the genetic, organic, holistic universe.

Having no human companion I felt a spirit of comradeship for the objects of nature around me. In my childish way I communed with these as with my own soul; they became the sharers of my confidence.

When I look at history, I am a pessimist...but when I look at prehistory, I am an optimist.

If you ever wanted to know how good life could be

I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write music. I get to write sketches. I get to write movies. It's the best job ever.

In my travels, I have encountered cranes on three continents.

Denis Law could dance on eggshells.

Nothing in a language is less translatable than its modes of understatement.

If people offer me decent roles in good films, of course I'll take it. But I just didn't like the actor lifestyle. You end up focusing all your energy on trying to get parts you don't even want.

Man's best candle is his understanding.

I hate album covers where people are just smiling so big. It's like a neon sign that says PLEASE COME BUY ME.

So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied.

May I be a light for those in need of light. May I be a bed for those in need of rest. May I be a servant for those in need of service, for all embodied beings.