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.

But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.

But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.

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

Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.

All roads lead to Johannesburg.

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.