I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.

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.

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.

Intuitive knowing can be described as an openness to flashes of insight

If you don't receive enough, have a look if you give enough.

I wanted so terribly to be good to him.

Always, worlds within worlds.

I was quiet but I was not blind.

There seemed to be endless obstacles - it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

I'd rather enjoy the money, and then be buried, offering my body back to the flora and fauna of which I have dined my whole life.

My biggest mistake was my best lesson... you don't learn anything when everything is going perfectly.

You won't step on other's toes if you imagine yourself in their shoes.

I believe that the material doesn’t need to be strong to be used to build a strong structure. The strength of the structure has nothing to do with the strength of the material.