The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.

Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival. When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house. But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.

The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.

Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.

For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.

If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing.

Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.