I’ve created the most beautiful things out of my sadness.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

In essence the journey to wisdom is a study of self, The conscious, sub-conscious and unconscious self.

The children of God are His instruments on the earth.

Solutions to problems often come from knowing when to ask for help.

There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point.

Harbor no secrets - they create dark places in the psyche.

The scripture that God used to save me was Isaiah 7.14, which today is still my favourite verse in the Bible.

Under national "socialism", there is also only one party. But nothing will come out of this fascist one-party system.

Teachers inspire the smallest hearts to grow big enough to change the world.

I had a connoisseur's... appreciation of fear.

It was very interesting growing up in South Africa then. It was extraordinary. It was multiculturalism before it became an issue.