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.

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.

It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.

Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that's the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing. Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.

There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.

When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.

But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.