It seemed to me that people do a rather good job of creating levels of hell all by themselves, and this was something worth writing about.

It wasn't his, it wasn't my fault, we both had nothing except patience, but Death has none. I saw him come (how meanly!)and I watched him as he took and took:none of it I could claim as mine.

Once you have endured sufferings, you can give someone strength.

... most of my prayers are expressions of sheer gratitude for the fullness of my contentment.

If we keep punishing people for what their parents or their ancestors have done, the world as a whole can never move forward. Society will never grow.

But, do you know, once you get used to it's rather cute. I mean, if a girl looks alright to start with, she still looks alright with her head smooth.

We need great prophetic leaders in religion and in spirituality... what we are getting is lacking in vision... not able to engage with the diversity of the culture.

Men who have greatness within them don't go in for politics.

Our vets are not being treated properly. They're not being treated fairly.

Our goal is to publish African poets in as many ways as possible.

A country becomes more prosperous in proportion to the rise in the invested capital unit per unit of its population.