But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.

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.

Scottish-Americans tell you that if you want to identify tartans, it's easy - you simply look under the kilt, and if it's a quarter-pounder, you know it's a McDonald's.

Most people doing the decathlon these days are quite boring, so people don't relate to them.

The stuff I write isn't strictly autobiographical, but it's personal, if that makes any sense. It draws all these little incidents and people out of my life and then contorts them.

A man who keeps on going; a man who keeps his eye on the ball.

I am a strong believer in kissing being very intimate, and the minute you kiss, the floodgates open for everything else.

Time is a kind of river, an irresistible flood sweeping up men and events and carrying them headlong, one after the other, to the great sea of being.

I am even grateful to Einstein and others because through their erroneous theories they lead mankind away from that dangerous path I followed.

I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.

In traditional societies, nature was seen as one’s wife, but the modern West turned it into a prostitute.

You can be sure that your deepest desires reveal important truths about your spiritual condition.