Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

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.

It is very difficult now in South Africa to find anyone who ever supported apartheid.

When people see what is happening in Gaza, that can't make you too fond of the perpetrators - the Israelis. If you are a Muslim and you look at what is happening there, it fills you with a lot of resentment. Especially if you are weak, then you are nursing these grudges and you are increasing in bitterness and look for a chance to get your own back.

To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.

Anywhere where the humanity of people is undermined, anywhere where people are left in the dust, there we will find our cause.

Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack.