You can't answer violence with counter violence ... The answer is love. The best sabotage is love.

Love is the only energy I’ve ever used as a writer. I’ve never written out of anger, although anger has informed love.

As fascinated as I was by words on paper, it was matched by my fascination with words in people's mouths. The spoken word. And that is the world of theatre.

To know nothing about yourself is to be constantly in danger of nothingness, those voids of non-being over which a man walks the tightrope of his life.

If the nature of human experience changes with the color of a man's skin, then the racists have been right all along.

For you in the West to hear the phrase 'All men are created equal' is to draw a yawn. For us, it's a miracle. We're starting out at rock bottom, man. But South Africa does have soul.

Without white South Africa realizing what it had done - and on the basis of that realization having the courage to ask for forgiveness - there can really be no significant movement.

We compound our suffering by victimizing each other.

Life is just a plain bloody mess, that's all. And people are fools.

Every boy needs a role model that he can be proud of and talk about to the other kids in the playground.

I've always sensed for myself an obligation to bear witness to my time.

Church must lead all other spheres of influence.We find people from all the mountains there.The church leaders must be able to mentor them

The highest calling of leadership is to unlock the potential of others.

In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.

Seriousness is an accident of time. It consists of putting too high a value on time. In eternity there is no time. Eternity is a moment, just long enough for a joke

Age doesn't matter, unless you are cheese.

If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.

I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.

I suppose the White House thinks it's doing what Big Business wants, but it will lead to vastly increased taxes, because all these guest workers are to be allowed to bring their children.

Leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.