That's the chief lesson I have learned: the texture of our universe is one where there is no question at all but that good and laughter and justice will prevail.

One of the greatest gifts we can give to another generation is our experience, our wisdom.

I am deeply moved by the warmth and courage of the Canadian people which I felt so strongly during my recent visit to your country. Your support of the struggle against apartheid restored me in my journey home and reassured me that many just people around the world are with us.

As long as we fail to face up to the past and deal with it accordingly, the future will smack of corruption.

People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change.

Those of us who came to be Christians get to remember that forgiveness cost God the death of God's son. It's an expensive thing in many ways.

South Africa, so utterly improbably, is a beacon of hope in a dark and troubled world.