It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.

because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.

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

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

All roads lead to Johannesburg.

There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills. These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.