When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.

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.

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.

Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.

Freedom of inner thought bears sanctuary mind.Imagination's sight will never bare you blind~

I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent.

I did all my heavy partying before I turned sixteen.

I think bravery means a different thing to everyone.

I've enjoyed my retirement.

Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.

Be short in all religious exercises. Better leave the people longing than loathing.

There's never been anything funny about a woman dying for love.

I try not to do anything by formula.

From the beginning, there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence.