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

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

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

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

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

I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.